Countries & Languages in Arabic

When introducing yourself in Arabic, you might want to talk about where you’re from and which languages you speak. Most Arabic names of countries and languages are quite different from English, so make sure to memorize at least those that are most important to you.

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America
Austria
England
France
Germany
Italy
Poland
Russia
Spain
Switzerland
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America

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)
America	أمريكا	amrika
American language	اللغة الأمريكية	al loghah al amrikiyah
in American (English)	بالإنجليزية (الأمريكية)	bil enjilizeyah (al amrikiyah) ^[6]
from America	من أمريكا	min amrika
American (Person from America)	أمريكي, أمريكية	amriki (m), amrikeyah (f)
American (Adjective relating to America, e.g. American food)	أمريكي, أمريكية	amriki (m), amrikeyah (f)

Austria

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)
Austria	النمسا	annemsa
Austrian language	اللغة النمساوية	al loghah annemsawiyah
in Austrian	بالنمساوية	bin-nemsawiyah
from Austria	من النمسا	mina annemsa
Austrian (Person from Austria)	نمساوي, نمساوية	nemsawi (m), nemsawiyah (f)
Austrian (Adjective relating to Austria, e.g. Austrian food)	نمساوي, نمساوية	nemsawi (m), nemsawiyah (f)

England

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)
England	إنجلترا	enjiltera
English language	اللغة الإنجليزية	al loghah al enjliziyah
in English	بالإنجليزية	bil enjliziyah
from England	من إنجلترا	min enjiltera
English (Person from England) / Englishman	إنجليزي, إنجليزية	enjilizi (m), enjiliziyah (f)
English (Adjective relating to England, e.g. English food)	إنجليزي, إنجليزية	enjilizi (m), enjiliziyah (f)

France

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)
France	فرنسا	faransa
French language	اللغة الفرنسية	al loghah al faransiyah
in French	بالفرنسية	bil faransiyah
from France	من فرنسا	min faransa
French (Person from France) / Frenchman	فرنسي, فرنسية	faransi (m), faransiyah (f)
French (Adjective relating to France, e.g. French food)	فرنسي, فرنسية	faransi (m), faransiyah (f)

Germany

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)
Germany	ألمانيا	almanya
German language	اللغة الألمانية	al loghah al almaniyah
in German	بالألمانية	bil almaniyah
from Germany	من ألمانيا	min almanya
German (Person from Germany)	ألماني, ألمانية	almani (m), almaneyah (f)
German (Adjective relating to Germany, e.g. German food)	ألماني, ألمانية	almani (m), almaneyah (f)

Italy

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)
Italy	إيطاليا	italya
Italian language	اللغة الإيطالية	al loghah al italiyah
in Italian	بالإيطالية	bil italiyah
from Italy	من إيطاليا	min italya
Italian (Person from Italy)	إيطالي, إيطالية	itali (m), italiyah (f)
Italian (Adjective relating to Italy, e.g. Italian food)	إيطالي, إيطالية	itali (m), italiyah (f)

Poland

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)
Poland	بولندا	bolanda
Polish language	اللغة البولندية	al loghah al bolandiyah
in Polish	بالبولندية	bil bolandiyah
from Poland	من بولندا	min bolanda
Polish (Person from Poland)	بولندي, بولندية	bolandi (m), bolandeyah (f)
Polish (Adjective relating to Poland, e.g. Polish food)	بولندي, بولندية	bolandi (m), bolandeyah (f) ^[2]

Russia

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)
Russia	روسيا	rosya
Russian language	اللغة الروسية	al loghah arrosiya
in Russian	بالروسية	birrosiyah
from Russia	من روسيا	min rosya
Russian (Person from Russia)	روسي, روسية	rosi (m), rosiyah (f)
Russian (Adjective relating to Russia, e.g. Russian food)	روسي, روسية	rosi (m), rosiyah (f)

Spain

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)
Spain	إسبانيا	ispanya
Spanish language	اللغة الإسبانية	al loghah al ispaniyah
in Spanish	بالإسبانية	bil ispaniyah
from Spain	من إسبانيا	min ispanya
Spanish (Person from Spain) / Spaniard	إسباني, إسبانية	ispani (m), ispaniyah (f)
Spanish (Adjective relating to Spain, e.g. Spanish food)	إسباني, إسبانية	ispani (m), ispaniyah (f)

Switzerland

English	Arabic	Arabic (Romanization)
Switzerland	سويسرا	swisra
Swiss language	اللغة السويسرية	al loghah asswisriyah
in Swiss	بالسويسرية	bisswisriyah
from Switzerland	من سويسرا	min swisra
Swiss (Person from Switzerland)	سويسري, سويسرية	swisri (m), swisriyah (f)
Swiss (Adjective relating to Switzerland, e.g. Swiss food)	سويسري, سويسرية	swisri (m), swisriyah (f)

Notes:

¹ Please note that in Arabic most nouns have masculine and feminine forms. So If we were to say 'A Polish shirt', noting that in Arabic the word shirt is masculine قميص, qamis, then we will have to use the masculine adjective of Polish as well بولندي, bolandi. So that the final result of 'a Polish shirt' would be قميص بولندي, qamis bolandi, and not بولندية, bolandeyah. This applies to the other country related adjectives below as well.² Please note that in Arabic we usually flip adjective positions. The literal translation for this Arabic sentence is 'in English (American)'. This is because in Arabic, we have to put the noun first. So the adjective 'English' is the noun here, and 'American' is the adjective for that noun.

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