Feeling & virtue · المشاعر والفضائل
Longing, love and serenity, patience, loyalty and generosity: the inner life in Arabic.
الحنينُ والعشقُ والسكينة، والصبرُ والوفاءُ والكرم: حياةُ القلب بالعربية.
- حَنِين (ḥanīn) — longing, nostalgia
- شَوْق (shawq) — yearning; the ache to see someone again
- شَجَن (shajan) — wistful sorrow; a sad, sweet ache
- وَجْد (wajd) — overwhelming emotion; ecstatic love or grief
- هُيَام (huyām) — lovesick infatuation; wandering, distracted love
- صَبَابَة (ṣabābah) — the tender ardor of love
- عِشْق (ʿishq) — passionate, consuming love
- حَنَان (ḥanān) — tenderness, affection
- أُنْس (uns) — warm companionship; the comfort of company
- سَكِينَة (sakīnah) — serenity, tranquility
- طُمَأْنِينَة (ṭumaʾnīnah) — peace of mind, reassurance
- وَحْشَة (waḥshah) — desolation; the loneliness left by absence
- غُرْبَة (ghurbah) — exile; the state of being far from home
- طَرَب (ṭarab) — musical rapture; ecstasy brought on by music
- بَهْجَة (bahjah) — delight, joy
- حُبُور (ḥubūr) — gladness, radiant happiness
- سَعَادَة (saʿādah) — happiness
- رِضًا (riḍā) — contentment, satisfaction
- أَمَل (amal) — hope
- حُلْم (ḥulm) — dream
- خَيَال (khayāl) — imagination
- طَيْف (ṭayf) — a fleeting apparition, especially of a beloved in a dream
- صَبْر (ṣabr) — patience, endurance
- وَفَاء (wafāʾ) — loyalty, faithfulness; keeping one’s word
- كَرَم (karam) — generosity, open-handedness
- مُرُوءَة (murūʾah) — decency and honor; the virtue of doing right by others
- شَهَامَة (shahāmah) — gallantry, noble courage
- هِمَّة (himmah) — drive, resolve, high aspiration
- بَصِيرَة (baṣīrah) — insight; the sight of the heart
- حِكْمَة (ḥikmah) — wisdom
- ذِكْرَى (dhikrā) — memory, remembrance
- تَأَمُّل (taʾammul) — contemplation, reflection
- رُوح (rūḥ) — soul, spirit
- قَلْب (qalb) — heart
- جَمَال (jamāl) — beauty
- قَفْر (qafr) — a barren, empty land
- رَحِيل (raḥīl) — departure, setting out
- قِرًى (qirā) — the hospitality given to a guest
- أَدَب (adab) — literature
- رِثَاء (rithāʾ) — elegy, lament for the dead
- حَيَاء (ḥayāʾ) — modesty, bashfulness
- رَحْمَة (raḥmah) — mercy, compassion
- لَوْعَة (lawʿah) — the burning ache of love or loss
- غِبْطَة (ghibṭah) — bliss, deep contentment
- صَفَاء (ṣafāʾ) — clarity, purity
- عِزَّة (ʿizzah) — dignity, self-respect
- إِيثَار (īthār) — putting others before oneself
- حِلْم (ḥilm) — forbearance, patience under provocation
- شَغَف (shaghaf) — passion, ardent love
- حُبّ (ḥubb) — love
- فَرَح (faraḥ) — joy, gladness
- حُزْن (ḥuzn) — sadness, grief
- خَوْف (khawf) — fear
- غَضَب (ghaḍab) — anger, wrath
- نَدَم (nadam) — regret, remorse