Learn country names in Arabic
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Intro |
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| Hi everybody! Nora here. Welcome to Ask a Teacher, where I’ll answer some of your most common Arabic questions. |
| The Question |
| The question for this lesson is: What do country names look like in Arabic? |
| Explanation |
| Don't you want to know how your country is pronounced in Arabic? Let's see some of the popular ones: |
| First, let's see some African country names: |
| Algeria /الجَزائِر / al-ǧazāʾir |
| Morocco / المَغرِب / al-maġrib |
| South Africa / جَنوب أفريقيا / ǧanūb ʾfrīqyā |
| Madagascar / مَدغَشقَر / madġašqar |
| Ghana / غانا / ġānā |
| Egypt / مِصر / miṣr |
| What about Egypt’s name, miṣr? It sounds pretty different from English! |
| Now, let's see some European and Asian country names: |
| Syria / سوريا / sūryā |
| Lebanon / لُبنان / lubnān |
| Palestine / فَلسطين / falasṭīn |
| Iran / إيران / ʾīrān |
| Pakistan / باكِستان / bākistān |
| India / الهِند / al-hind |
| Malaysia / ماليزيا / malīzyā |
| Indonesia / إندونيسيا / ʾindūnīsyā |
| Russia / روسيا / rūsyā |
| China / الصين / al-ṣīn |
| Japan / اليابان / al-yābān |
| Turkey / تًُركيْا / turkyā |
| Greece / اليونان / al-yūnān |
| Italy / إيطاليا / ʾīṭalyā |
| France / فَرَنسا / faransā |
| Spain / أسبانيا / ʾasbānyā |
| Germany / أَلمانيا / ʾalmānyā |
| UK / المَملَكَة المُتَّحِدَة / al-mamlakah al-muttaḥidah |
| What about these two? They sound very different: |
| Austria / النِمسا / an-nemsa (this word has Slavic origins) |
| Hungary / المَجَر / al-magar (which is another word for “Hungarian”) |
| Now let's see some country names in the Americas and the pacific. |
| America / أَمريكا / ʾamrīkā |
| US / الوِلايات المُتَّحِدَة الأَمريكيَّة / al-wilāyāt al-muttaḥidah al-ʾamrīkyyah |
| Canada / كَنَدا / kanadā |
| Mexico / المِكسيك / al-miksīk |
| Colombia / كولومبيا / kūlūmbyā |
| Brazil / البَرازيل / al-barāzīl |
| Argentina / الأَرجَنتين / al-ʾarǧantīn |
| Australia / أُستُراليا / ʾusturalyā |
| New Zealand / نيوزيلندا/ nyūzīlandā |
Outro |
| Other than that, many country names in the world are very similar between Arabic and English. You might have to add an "al-" before it or an "a" sound after it, but all in all, they sound pretty similar. |
| Pretty interesting, right? |
| If you have any more questions, please leave a comment below! |
| Bye! إلى اللقاء(ʾilā al-liqaāʾ) |
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