Colloquial Arabic: Sample Comparisons of Dialects - Useful Vocabulary

Parts of the body

Levantine Arabic Dialects

  • Jordanian Arabic
    English Translation:
    Head, neck, shoulder, shoulders, chest, back, arm, arms, stomach, foot, feet, leg, legs, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin
  • Lebanese Arabic
    English Translation:
    Body, shoulder, shoulders, back, chest, stomach, thigh, thighs, knee, knees, foot, feet, hand, hands, finger, fingers/fingers, neck, ear, ears, skin
  • Palestinian Arabic
    English Translation:
    Head, neck, shoulders, chest, arm, arms, back, stomach, foot, feet, leg, legs, knee, hands, fingers, skin
  • Syrian Arabic
    English Translation:
    Head, neck, shoulders, chest, arms, back, stomach, foot, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin

Egyptian Arabic Dialects

  • Egyptian Arabic
    English Translation:
    The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the tummy, the leg, the legs (also used for foot and feet), the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin (only use to refer to body skin as there is another word for your face skin), hair, the nail, the nails

North African Arabic Dialects

  • Algerian Arabic
    English Translation:
    The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, hair, the nail, the nails
  • Libyan Arabic
    English Translation:
    Head, neck, shoulder, shoulders, chest, back, arm, arms, stomach, stomach, foot, feet, leg, legs, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin, hair, nails
  • Moroccan Arabic
    English Translation:
    Head, neck, shoulder, shoulders, chest, back, arm, arms, stomach, stomach, leg, legs, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin, hair, nails.
  • Tunisian Arabic
    English Translation:
    The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the foot, the feet, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, the hair, the nail, the nails
  • Western Saharan and Mauritanian
    English Translation:
    The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the foot, the feet, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, the hair, the nail, the nails

Other Dialects

  • Bahraini Arabic
    English Translation:
    The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, hair, the nail, the nails
  • Iraqi Arabic
    English Translation:
    The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the tummy, the foot, the feet, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, the hair, the nail, the nails
  • Yemeni Arabic
    English Translation:
    The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, arm, hand, hands, stomach, tummy, leg, legs, knee, knees, finger, fingers, skin, skin, hair, nail, nails/nails, scapula, elbow, armpit, calf, bellybutton