Here are Arabic words for sports to start with: هدف (hadaf, goal), لعب (la'ib, play), ركض (rakad, run), تنس (tenis, tennis). Below are 64 words (A1–C1) with their English translations, part of speech and a romanization to help you say them, across 8 themed lists.
| English | Arabic | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| basketball | كرة السلةkurat as-salla | noun | A1 |
| fan | مشجعmushajji' | noun | A1 |
| field | ملعبmal'ab | noun | A1 |
| football | كرة القدمkurat al-qadam | noun | A1 |
| goal | هدفhadaf | noun | A1 |
| play | لعبla'ib | verb | A1 |
| run | ركضrakad | verb | A1 |
| tennis | تنسtenis | noun | A1 |
| English | Arabic | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| ball | كرةkura | noun | A1 |
| game | مباراةmubara | noun | A1 |
| player | لاعبla'ib | noun | A1 |
| swimming | سباحةsibaha | noun | A1 |
| team | فريقfariq | noun | A1 |
| running | جريjary | noun | A2 |
| training | تدريبtadrib | noun | A2 |
| agility | رشاقةrashaqa | noun | B1 |
| English | Arabic | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| exercise | تمرينtamrin | noun | A2 |
| match | مباراةmubara | noun | B1 |
| formidable | مرهوب الجانبmarhub al-janib | adj | B2 |
| perseverance | مثابرةmuthabara | noun | B2 |
| qualifier | مباراة تأهيليةmubarat ta'hiliyya | noun | B2 |
| wildcard | بطاقة دعوةbitaqat da'wa | noun | B2 |
| win | فازfaz | verb | B2 |
| athleticism | براعة بدنيةbara'a badaniyya | noun | C1 |
| English | Arabic | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| baseball | بيسبولbeisbol | noun | A1 |
| volleyball | كرة طائرةkura ta'ira | noun | A1 |
| hockey | هوكيhoki | noun | A2 |
| shoot | سددsaddad | verb | A2 |
| assist | تمريرة حاسمةtamrira hasima | noun | B1 |
| defender | مدافعmudafi' | noun | B1 |
| goalkeeper | حارس المرمىharis al-marma | noun | B1 |
| handball | كرة اليدkurat al-yad | noun | B1 |
| English | Arabic | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| skiing | تزلجtazalluj | noun | A2 |
| surfing | ركوب الأمواجrukub al-amwaj | noun | A2 |
| table tennis | كرة الطاولةkurat at-tawila | noun | A2 |
| diving | غطسghats | noun | B1 |
| martial arts | فنون الدفاع عن النفسfunun ad-difa' 'an an-nafs | noun | B1 |
| biathlon | بياثلونbiyathlon | noun | B2 |
| fencing | مبارزةmubaraza | noun | B2 |
| triathlon | ترياثلونtriyathlun | noun | B2 |
| English | Arabic | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| serve | أرسلarsal | verb | A2 |
| knockout | ضربة قاضيةdarba qadiya | noun | B1 |
| umpire | حكمhakam | noun | B1 |
| birdie | بيرديbirdi | noun | B2 |
| bogey | بوجيboji | noun | B2 |
| handicap | هانديكابhandikab | noun | B2 |
| standings | ترتيبtartib | noun | B2 |
| sudden death | الموت المفاجئal-mawt al-mufaji' | noun | B2 |
| English | Arabic | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| snowboarding | التزلج بلوح الثلجat-tazalluj bi-lawh ath-thalj | noun | A2 |
| bungee jumping | قفز بالحبل المطاطيqafz bil-habl al-mattati | noun | B1 |
| kayaking | ركوب الكاياكrukub al-kayak | noun | B1 |
| paragliding | طيران شراعيtayaran shira'i | noun | B1 |
| rock climbing | تسلق الصخورtasalluq as-sukhur | noun | B1 |
| skydiving | قفز بالمظلاتqafz bil-mizallat | noun | B1 |
| windsurfing | ركوب الأمواج الشراعيrukub al-amwaj ash-shira'i | noun | B1 |
| base jumping | قفز بيسqafz beis | noun | B2 |
| English | Arabic | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| club | مضرب جولفmidrab golf | noun | A1 |
| basket | سلةsalla | noun | A2 |
| bat | مضرب بيسبولmidrab beisbol | noun | A2 |
| jersey | قميص رياضيqamis riyadi | noun | A2 |
| mat | بساط التمارينbisat at-tamarin | noun | A2 |
| net | شبكةshabaka | noun | A2 |
| racket | مضربmidrab | noun | A2 |
| ring | حلبة الملاكمةhalabat al-mulakama | noun | A2 |
Emoji: Twemoji, CC-BY 4.0
Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch
These lists show a sample of the A1–C1 words for sports. The packs in Watch Your Language hold more and reach the advanced levels, along with every other topic.
The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.
You could start with words like هدف (hadaf, goal), لعب (la'ib, play), ركض (rakad, run), تنس (tenis, tennis). This page lists 64 Arabic words for sports (A1–C1), each with its English translation and part of speech.
Reading a list once is rarely enough. Watch Your Language shows Arabic words like these in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and schedules repeats so the words you keep forgetting come back more often.
Yes. The lists on this page are free to read, with no sign-up. The app holds more words for each topic.