Colors & Appearance in Arabic

This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Arabic. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

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Colors
Appearance & attributes
Questions & phrases
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Colors

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)	Pronunciation (Audio)
light / clear	ضوء واضح	daw' wadih	ar-sing_lightclear ar-sing_lightclear-2
dark	ظلام	zalam	ar-sing_dark
color	لون	lawn	ar-sing_color
colored	ملون	molawan	ar-sing_colored
white	أبيض	abyad	ar-sing_white
black	أسود	aswad	ar-sing_black
yellow	أصفر	asfar	ar-sing_yellow
orange	برتقالي	bortoqali	ar-sing_orange
red	أحمر	ahmar	ar-sing_red
pink	وردي	wardi	ar-sing_pink
violet	بنفسجي	banafsaji	ar-sing_violet
blue	أزرق	azraq	ar-sing_blue
green	أخضر	akhdar	ar-sing_green
brown	أسمر بني	asmar bonney	ar-sing_brown ar-sing_brown-2
grey	رمادي	ramadi	ar-sing_grey

Appearance & attributes

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)	Pronunciation (Audio)
new	جديد	jadid	ar-sing_new
old	قديم	qadim	ar-sing_old
small	صغير	saghir	ar-sing_small
large / big	واسع كبير	wasi' kabir	ar-sing_largebig ar-sing_largebig-2
young	صغير السن, صغيرة السن	saghir assen, sahgirat assen	ar-sing_youngar-sing_young-2
kind / pleasant	لطيف ممتع	latif momti'	ar-sing_kindpleasant ar-sing_kindpleasant-2
unkind / unpleasant	قاس غير ممتع	kasin ghayr momti'	ar-sing_unkindunpleasant ar-sing_unkindunpleasant-2
patient	صبور, صبورة	sabor, saborah	ar-sing_patientar-sing_patient-2
tall	طويل, طويلة	tawil, tawilah	ar-sing_tallar-sing_tall-2
middle sized	متوسط الحجم, متوسطة الحجم	motawasit al hajm, motawasitat al hajm	ar-sing_middle-sizedar-sing_middle-sized-2
small	صغير, صغيرة	saghir, saghirah	ar-sing_smallar-sing_small-2
fat	سمين, سمينة	samin, saminah	ar-sing_fatar-sing_fat-2
thin / slim	نحيف, نحيفة ضئيل, ضئيلة	nahif, nahifah da'eel, da'eelah	ar-sing_thinslimar-sing_thinslim-2 ar-sing_thinslim-3ar-sing_thinslim-4
nice / pretty	لطيف, لطيفة جميل, جميلة	latif, latifah jamil, jamilah	ar-sing_niceprettyar-sing_nicepretty-2 ar-sing_nicepretty-3ar-sing_nicepretty-4
beautiful	جميل, جميلة	jamil, jamilah	ar-sing_beautifular-sing_beautiful-2
ugly	قبيح, قبيحة	qabih, qabihah	ar-sing_uglyar-sing_ugly-2
ill / sick	مريض, مريضة عليل, عليلة	marid, maridah 'alil, alilah	ar-sing_illsickar-sing_illsick-2 ar-sing_illsick-3ar-sing_illsick-4
healthy	صحي, صحية سليم, سليمة	sihi, siheyah salim, salimah	ar-sing_healthyar-sing_healthy-2 ar-sing_healthy-3ar-sing_healthy-4
happy / cheerful	سعيد, سعيدة مرح, مرحة	sa'id, sa'idah marih, marehah	ar-sing_happycheerfular-sing_happycheerful-2 ar-sing_happycheerful-3ar-sing_happycheerful-4
sad	حزين, حزينة	hazin, hazinah	ar-sing_sadar-sing_sad-2
sporty	رياضي, رياضية	riyadi, riyadeyah	ar-sing_sportyar-sing_sporty-2
ambitioned	طموح, طموحة	tamoh, tamohah	ar-sing_ambitionedar-sing_ambitioned-2
intelligent	ذكي, ذكية	dzaki, dzakeyah	ar-sing_intelligentar-sing_intelligent-2
creative	مبدع, مبدعة	mobde', mobde'ah	ar-sing_creativear-sing_creative-2
active	نشيط, نشيطة	nasheet, nasheetah	ar-sing_activear-sing_active-2
sentimental	وجداني, وجدانية	wejdani, wejdaneyah	ar-sing_sentimentalar-sing_sentimental-2
rational	عقلاني, عقلانية	aqlani, aqlaneyah	ar-sing_rationalar-sing_rational-2
emotional	عاطفي, عاطفية	atifi, atifeyah	ar-sing_emotionalar-sing_emotional-2
natural	طبيعي, طبيعية	tabi'i, tabi'eyah	ar-sing_naturalar-sing_natural-2
romantic	رومانسي, رومانسية	romansi, romanseyah	ar-sing_romanticar-sing_romantic-2
nice / amiable	لطيف, لطيفة ودود, ودودة	latif, latifah wadud, wadudah	ar-sing_niceamiablear-sing_niceamiable-2 ar-sing_niceamiable-3ar-sing_niceamiable-4
spontaneous	عفوي, عفوية	afawi, afaweyah	ar-sing_spontaneousar-sing_spontaneous-2
energetic	نشيط, نشيطة	nasheet, nasheetah	ar-sing_energeticar-sing_energetic-2
stressed (out)	يعاني من الضغط الشديد, تعاني من الضغط الشديد	yo'ani min a daght a'shadid, to'ani min a daght a'shadid	ar-sing_stressed-outar-sing_stressed-out-2
relaxed	مسترخي, مسترخية	mostarkhi, mostarkheyah	ar-sing_relaxedar-sing_relaxed-2
frustrated	محبط, محبطة	mohbat, mohbatah	ar-sing_frustratedar-sing_frustrated-2
talented	موهوب, موهوبة	mawhob, mawhobah	ar-sing_talentedar-sing_talented-2

Questions & phrases

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)	Pronunciation (Audio)
What does he look like?	كيف يبدو؟	kayfa yabdo?	ar-sing_what-does-he-look-like
What does she look like?	كيف تبدو؟	kayfa tabdo?	ar-sing_what-does-she-look-like
What is he like?	كيف هو؟	kayfa howa?	ar-sing_what-is-he-like
What is she like?	كيف هي؟	kayfa hiya?	ar-sing_what-is-she-like

Notes:

¹ #When talking about size we can say مقاس لارج, maqas (large). When talking about 'a big scale' we can say واسع, wasi'. When we use the word large as huge, we say ضخم, dakhm.² #As in 'day light' or 'the light in the room' etc. If we're talking about weight it would be خفيف, khafif.³ #In the context of 'this trip was pleasant'. If we're talking about a person, it's going to be جميل, jamil or رائع, rae'e'.⁴ #In the context of 'this trip was unpleasant'. If we're talking about a person, it's going to be بغيض, baghid.⁵ When the word patient is used as 'a patient in the hospital' we use the word مريض, marid.⁶ $When fat is used in a context that refers to food or body fat etc., we use the word دهون, duhoon.

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