Learning geographic directions is one of the important things in our lives. From this particular post you will learn such basics as north, south, east, west in Arabic language and learn other important Arabic words in relation to it.
If you don’t know how to tell time in Arabic language, check out our post "Telling the Time in our daily lives in Arabic.”
In this post the learner will be able to learn the following:
Ø How do you say direction in the Arabic language?
Ø North, south, east, west in Arabic language?
Ø The ordinal direction in Arabic language?
Ø The word compass in Arabic language?
Ø Adjectives
Ø Eight shortest points in the compass in Arabic language
Ø West of….How to say it in Arabic language?
Ø Examples
Let us begin!
How do you say direction in Arabic language?
The word direction in Arabic language is اتجاه [ittijaah]
The Plural form of the word Directions is الاتجاهات [ittijaahaat]
North South east west in Arabic language
In this sub-section we are going to learn on how to say North, South, East and West in Arabic language.
North - شمال [shamaal]
South - جنوب [januub]
East - شرق [sharq]
West - الغرب [gharb]
The ordinal directions in Arabic language
Northwest - الشمال الغربي - [shamaal gharbi]
Southwest - جنوب غرب - [januub gharbi]
Northeast - الشمال الشرقي - [shamaal sharqi]
Southeast - الجنوب الشرقي - [januub sharqi]
The word Compass in Arabic language
The word compass in Arabic language is بوصلة [buuSala]
The plural form of the word Compass is البوصلات [buuSalaat]
Adjectives
Northern, northerly - شمالي [shamaali]
West, western, westerly - الغربي [gharbi]
Eastern, east, easterly الشرقية [sharqi]
Southern, south - الجنوب [januubi]
Eight shortest points in the compass in Arabic language
West-northwest (WNW) - الغرب والشمال الغربي
North-northwest (NNW) - شمال-الشمال الغربي
North-northeast (NNE) - شمال-الشمال الشرقي
East-northeast (ENE) - الشرق - الشمال الشرقي
East-southeast (ESE) - الشرق الجنوب الشرقي
South-southeast (SSE) - جنوب الجنوب الشرقي
South-southwest (SSW) - جنوب الجنوب الغربي
West-southwest (WSW) - غرب الجنوب الغربي
West of… How to say it in Arabic language?
The west of Iraq - غرب العراق
The north of Lebanon - شمال لبنان
The east of Kuwait - شرق الكويت
The south of Morocco - جنوب المغرب
To say in the south/west/east/north we normally use في [fi]
So, in the south of Nigeria would be - في جنوب نيجيريا
Examples
Middle East - الشرق الأوسط [ash-sharq al-awsaI]
North Carolina - كارولينا الشمالية [kaaroolaayna ash-shamaaliyya]
South Korea - كوريا الجنوبية [kuuryiaa al-januubiyya]
West Virginia - فرجينيا الغربية [firjiiniya al-gharbiyya]
North Pole - القطب الشمالي [al-quTb ash-shamaali]
