Electronics

1. تلفون

   Talafōn

   Phone

   Usage

   A single-word card for a phone or mobile phone. "My phone" is تلفوني

   Grammar Note

   Loanword; native review recommended

2. تلفزيون

   Tilifizyōn

   Television

   Usage

   A single-word card for a television, useful when asking whether a room has one

   Grammar Note

   Loanword; native review recommended. Vowels in the romanization are estimated

3. شاشة

   Shāsha

   Screen

   Usage

   A single-word card for the screen of a TV or smartphone, useful when showing a cracked screen for repair

   Grammar Note

   Same form as Modern Standard Arabic. Vowels in the romanization are estimated

4. كاميرا

   Kamira

   Camera

   Usage

   A single-word card for a camera, to show before asking whether you may take photos

   Grammar Note

   Loanword; native review recommended. Thinly attested word. Vowels in the romanization are estimated

5. تطبيق

   Taṭbīg

   App

   Usage

   A single-word card for a smartphone app, very common in talk about ride-hailing apps

   Grammar Note

   ق is read g. Vowels in the romanization are estimated

6. كهرباء

   Kahraba

   Electricity

   Usage

   A single-word card for electricity. For a power cut, say ما في كهرباء

   Grammar Note

   Same form as Modern Standard Arabic. Vowels in the romanization are estimated

7. رصيد

   Raṣīd

   Phone credit, balance

   Usage

   The word for prepaid phone credit or an account balance, common when topping up calls and data

   Grammar Note

   Vowels in the romanization are estimated

8. ما في كهرباء

   Ma fī kahraba

   There is no electricity

   Usage

   Says there is a power cut, at a lodging or shop when the power is off

   Grammar Note

   ما في is a two-word way of saying there is no. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. التلفون دا خربان

   It-talafōn da kharbān

   This phone is broken

   Usage

   Says a phone is broken, to use at a repair shop while showing the fault

   Grammar Note

   دا follows a masculine noun to mean this; use دي for feminine nouns. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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