Learn about the computer and social media words 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 common computer and social media words look like in Arabic? |
| Explanation |
| Have you ever see Facebook in Modern Standard Arabic? Have you wondered what terms and expressions are used in Arabic computers? Let's take a look at some of the most common ones. |
| First let's see common words used for computers in general. |
| ابدأ |
| ibdaʾ |
| “start,” the Windows start menu |
| لوحة التحكم |
| laūḥaẗu al-taḥakkum |
| “control panel,” in case you want to change some settings, like language for instance. |
| ملف |
| malaf |
| “file” |
| مجلد |
| muǧallad “folder” |
| مستند |
| mustanad |
| “document” |
| “My Documents,” for example, is called المستندات al mustanadat المستندات, which is the plural of mustanad |
| حفظ |
| ḥifẓ “save,” to save a file |
| نسخ |
| nasḫ |
| “copy” |
| لصق |
| laṣq |
| “paste” |
| حذف |
| ḥaḏf |
| “delete,” which literally means “to throw away” |
| Now let's see some expressions related to the internet. |
| تحميل |
| taḥmīl |
| “download” |
| And the opposite is... |
| رفع |
| rafʿ |
| “upload” |
| تثبيت |
| taṯbīt |
| “install,” to install an app or a program |
| موقع |
| mawqiʿ |
| “website” |
| It literally means “site” and it’s the short version of the expression mawqi’ ʾiliktronī “موقع إلكتروني”, literally “electronic site.” |
| صفحة |
| ṣafḥah |
| “webpage,” it also means “page” |
| بريد إلكتروني |
| barīd ʾiliktronī |
| “e-mail,” literally “electronic mail.” You might also see إيميل written in Arabic letters sometimes. |
| فتح |
| fatḥ |
| “open,” to open a tab in a browser |
| غلق |
| ġalq |
| “close,” to close a tab in a browser |
| تراجع |
| tarāǧuʿ |
| “undo,” to undo an action |
| فيروس |
| fayrūs |
| “virus,” beware of this one! |
| Now let's see some expressions commonly used on social media: |
| حساب |
| ḥisāb |
| “account,” referring to a Facebook or Instagram account, for example. |
| افتح حساب |
| iftaḥ ḥisāb “Open an account,” which is the expression as a whole. |
| تسجيل دخول |
| tasǧīl duḫūl “Sign in,” which is the action of signing in |
| اسم المستخدم |
| ism al-mustaḫdim |
| “username,” literally meaning “username.” Many expressions were literally translated from English, as you can see. |
| كلمة السر |
| kalimaẗu al-sir |
| “password,” literally “secret word.” It IS secret, right? |
| مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي |
| mawāqiʿ |
| al-tawāṣul al-iǧtimāʿī |
| “Social media websites.” Social media alone is al-tawāṣul al-iǧtimāʿī التَوْاصُل الاِجتِماعي, which is a very, very hot topic these days. |
| أعجبني |
| ʾaʿǧabanī |
| “Like,” this is the Like button on Modern Standard Arabic Facebook, literally meaning “I liked it”. |
| تعليق |
| taʿlīq “comment,” meaning “a comment” on a post or a status update on Facebook, or on a video on YouTube, for example. |
| تحديث حالة |
| taḥdīṯ ḥal-ah |
| “Status update,” meaning “Status update,” used on Facebook mainly. |
Outro |
| Now whenever you see a computer and it's set up in Arabic, you'll be able to recognize the most basic functions. |
| If you have any more questions, please leave a comment below! |
| Bye! إلى اللقاء (ʾilā al-liqaāʾ) |
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