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Arabic Home Vocabulary — Words for the House & Rooms

The home is where a new language becomes part of daily life, so learning the Arabic words for the things around you is a fast way to make the language feel real. This page covers household vocabulary: بيت (house), باب (door), غرفة (room), مطبخ (kitchen), each shown with its English meaning and audio. A couple of notes for English speakers. Arabic reads right to left, so the whole line flows the opposite direction to what you're used to — that alone takes a little practice. And because short vowels are normally left out of the writing, the same set of letters can be read more than one way until you know the word; the spoken form is the reliable guide. Press the 🔊 beside any word to hear a native speaker say it properly. Skim the list to get familiar with the shapes, then let the game below do the real work — matching a heard word to its meaning sticks in a way that rereading never manages.

Key words explained

• kitchen مطبخ🔊 The smell of fresh bread filled the kitchen.
• bedroom غرفة النوم🔊 She painted her bedroom a soft shade of green.
• bathroom حمام🔊 The bathroom mirror had fogged up after the shower.
• living room غرفة المعيشة🔊 We watched the film together in the living room.
• hallway ممر🔊 Photos of the family line the hallway.
• porch رواق🔊 On warm evenings we sit on the porch.
• chimney مدخنة🔊 Smoke curled gently from the chimney.
• attic علية🔊 We found old letters in a box in the attic.

All 90 Arabic home words

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