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Arabic Body Vocabulary — Words for Parts of the Body

Body vocabulary is some of the most practical language you can own — useful at the doctor, in everyday description, and in countless idioms. This page gathers the Arabic words for parts of the body: رأس (head), يد (hand), عين (eye), قلب (heart), each with its English meaning and a button to hear it. For English speakers, two features of Arabic shape how you'll learn these. First, the script runs right to left, so reading takes a small adjustment in direction. Second, short vowels are usually unwritten, so a word's printed form gives you the consonant skeleton and leaves the vowels to you — which is why hearing the word is worth more than reading it. Many body words are short and come up constantly, so they reward early practice. Tap any 🔊 to listen, look over the table to meet them, then move into the game below: matching each word as it falls turns a row of unfamiliar letters into vocabulary you genuinely recall.

Key words explained

• head رأس🔊 He nodded his head in agreement.
• face وجه🔊 A smile spread across her face.
• eye عين🔊 Something flew into my eye on the windy walk.
• ear أذن🔊 She whispered the secret into his ear.
• nose أنف🔊 The cold air made his nose run.
• mouth فم🔊 He covered his mouth and yawned.
• tooth سن🔊 The child lost her first tooth today.
• tongue لسان🔊 The soup was so hot it burned my tongue.

All 90 Arabic body words

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