دُرَر

Arabic words, like pearls

  • دُرَّة — a large, flawless pearl
  • بَحْر — sea
  • لُؤْلُؤ — pearls
  • صَدَف — seashells
  • مَرْجَان — coral
  • مَوْج — waves
  • غَوْص — diving
  • عُمْق — depth
  • سَاحِل — coast, shore
  • مَرْسًى — harbor, anchorage
  • شِرَاع — sail
  • قِنْدِيل — oil lamp, lantern
  • نُور — light
  • ضِيَاء — radiance, brilliance
  • شَفَق — the red glow of twilight after sunset
  • غَسَق — dusk; the first darkness of night
  • فَجْر — dawn
  • سَحَر — the last hour of night, just before dawn
  • ضُحًى — the bright late morning, when the sun is well risen
  • هِلَال — crescent moon
  • بَدْر — full moon
  • نَجْم — star
  • ثُرَيَّا — the Pleiades
  • مَجَرَّة — galaxy
  • سَمَاء — sky, heavens
  • لَيْل — night
  • حَنِين — longing, nostalgia
  • شَوْق — yearning; the ache to see someone again
  • شَجَن — wistful sorrow; a sad, sweet ache
  • وَجْد — overwhelming emotion; ecstatic love or grief
  • هُيَام — lovesick infatuation; wandering, distracted love
  • صَبَابَة — the tender ardor of love
  • عِشْق — passionate, consuming love
  • حَنَان — tenderness, affection
  • أُنْس — warm companionship; the comfort of company
  • سَكِينَة — serenity, tranquility
  • طُمَأْنِينَة — peace of mind, reassurance
  • وَحْشَة — desolation; the loneliness left by absence
  • غُرْبَة — exile; the state of being far from home
  • طَرَب — musical rapture; ecstasy brought on by music
  • بَهْجَة — delight, joy
  • حُبُور — gladness, radiant happiness
  • سَعَادَة — happiness
  • رِضًا — contentment, satisfaction
  • أَمَل — hope
  • حُلْم — dream
  • خَيَال — imagination
  • طَيْف — a fleeting apparition, especially of a beloved in a dream
  • سَرَاب — mirage
  • صَدًى — echo
  • ظِلّ — shade, shadow
  • صَمْت — silence
  • هَمْس — whisper
  • صَبْر — patience, endurance
  • وَفَاء — loyalty, faithfulness; keeping one’s word
  • كَرَم — generosity, open-handedness
  • مُرُوءَة — decency and honor; the virtue of doing right by others
  • شَهَامَة — gallantry, noble courage
  • هِمَّة — drive, resolve, high aspiration
  • بَصِيرَة — insight; the sight of the heart
  • حِكْمَة — wisdom
  • ذِكْرَى — memory, remembrance
  • تَأَمُّل — contemplation, reflection
  • رُوح — soul, spirit
  • قَلْب — heart
  • جَمَال — beauty
  • جَوْهَر — jewel
  • يَاقُوت — ruby; precious corundum
  • زُمُرُّد — emerald
  • مِرْآة — mirror
  • مَطَر — rain
  • غَيْث — rain that ends a drought; relief-bringing rain
  • دِيمَة — a gentle, steady, lasting rain
  • نَدًى — dew
  • نَسِيم — breeze
  • صَبَا — the east wind — the soft morning breeze beloved of poets
  • إِعْصَار — hurricane, whirlwind
  • سَحَاب — clouds
  • ضَبَاب — fog, mist
  • بَرْق — lightning
  • رَعْد — thunder
  • قَوْس قُزَح — rainbow
  • وَاحَة — oasis
  • صَحْرَاء — desert
  • كَثِيب — sand dune
  • قَافِلَة — caravan
  • خَيْمَة — tent
  • أَطْلَال — the traces of an abandoned encampment — the ruins where classical poems begin
  • غَزَال — gazelle
  • صَقْر — falcon
  • عَنْدَلِيب — nightingale
  • يَمَامَة — turtle dove
  • فَرَاشَة — butterfly
  • نَخْلَة — date palm
  • زَيْتُون — olives; the olive tree
  • يَاسَمِين — jasmine
  • نَرْجِس — narcissus
  • وَرْد — roses
  • زَهْرَة — flower, blossom
  • غُصْن — branch, bough
  • نَبْع — spring, source of water
  • جَدْوَل — stream, brook
  • بُسْتَان — orchard, garden
  • فِرْدَوْس — paradise; a perfect garden
  • عِطْر — perfume, fragrance
  • عَبِير — sweet fragrance
  • مِسْك — musk
  • عَنْبَر — ambergris
  • بَخُور — incense
  • فَانُوس — lantern
  • قَلَم — pen, reed pen
  • مِدَاد — ink
  • حَرْف — letter of the alphabet
  • كَلِمَة — word
  • لُغَة — language
  • ضَاد — the letter ḍ (ض)
  • بَلَاغَة — eloquence; the art of rhetoric
  • فَصَاحَة — clarity and purity of speech
  • بَيَان — eloquent expression; clarity
  • خَطّ — calligraphy, handwriting
  • قَصِيدَة — poem; ode
  • قَافِيَة — rhyme
  • دِيوَان — collected poems of a poet
  • حِكَايَة — tale, story
  • سَمَر — night conversation; talking late under the moon
  • نَدِيم — boon companion; a friend for long evenings
  • رَفِيق — companion, comrade
  • خَلِيل — intimate friend, confidant
  • عَابِر — passerby
  • رَحَّالَة — great traveler, explorer
  • ضَيْف — guest
  • دَهْر — an age, a long span of time
  • أَبَد — eternity (without end); forever
  • أَزَل — eternity without beginning; time before time
  • بُرْهَة — a brief while, a short moment
  • لَحْظَة — moment, instant
  • نَافُورَة — fountain
  • قُبَّة — dome
  • مَشْرَبِيَّة — a carved wooden lattice window
  • عُود — the oud (lute)