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Arabic vocabulary: animals and plants

Dogs, cats, farm animals and wild animals, trees and flowers: animals and plants in Arabic.

Here are 100 Arabic words on “Animals and plants”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 32 words

ArabicEnglish
دبbear
نحلةbee
غصنbranch
ثورbull
قفصcage
قطةcat
بقرةcow
فيلelephant
ذبابةfly
ثعلبfox
وبرfur
ماعزgoat
إوزةgoose
عشبgrass
دجاجةhen
حصانhorse
ورقة شجرleaf
قردmonkey
خنزيرpig
حمامةpigeon
نبتةplant
جروpuppy
أرنبrabbit
وردةrose
عنكبوتspider
ذيلtail
طارto fly
سبحto swim
سلحفاةturtle
حوتwhale
جناحwing
ذئبwolf

Level 2: medium 43 words

ArabicEnglish
نملةant
غريرbadger
لحاءbark
قندسbeaver
خلية نحلbeehive
خنفساءbeetle
برعمbud
شجيرةbush
صبارcactus
مرجانcoral
تمساحcrocodile
أوراق الشجرfoliage
غوريلاgorilla
هامسترhamster
قنفذhedgehog
فرس النهرhippopotamus
قرنhorn
كوالاkoala
دعسوقةladybird
خزامىlavender
مقود الكلبlead
سحليةlizard
فرسmare
خلدmole
بعوضةmosquito
طحلبmoss
بستانorchard
سحلبيةorchid
نخلةpalm tree
ببغاءparrot
قائمة الحيوانpaw
حبوب اللقاحpollen
مفترسpredator
فريسةprey
حلزونsnail
عصفور دوريsparrow
نجم البحرstarfish
دوار الشمسsunflower
شوكةthorn
زحفto crawl
كرمةvine
عشب ضارweed
خنزير بريwild boar

Level 3: hard 25 words

ArabicEnglish
برمائيamphibian
شحرورblackbird
جاموسbuffalo
آكل اللحومcarnivore
فراءcoat of fur
شرنقةcocoon
جمل عربيdromedary
سرخسfern
مالك الحزينheron
لبلابivy
يرقةlarva
زنبق الواديlily of the valley
عقعقmagpie
حورpoplar
كبشramAdult male of the flock
زاحفreptile
نسغsap
نبحto bark
خارto moo
صهلto neigh
زأرto roar
خدشto scratch
روضto tame
ذبلto wilt
ابن عرسweasel

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How many words are in this list?
This page gives 100 Arabic words on “Animals and plants”. The full topic holds 217 in the KoKo app: 70 at the easy level, 93 at the medium level and 54 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?
With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
How can I remember this Arabic vocabulary?
By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
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