Jobs & Professions in Arabic

Jobs in Arabic: مُمَرِّض (mumarriḍ, nurse), طَبِيبُ أَسْنَان (tabeeb asnan, dentist), طَبَّاخ (ṭabbākh, chef), مُهَنْدِس (muhandis, engineer), فَلَّاح (fallāḥ, farmer), ضَابِطُ شُرْطَة (ḍābiṭ shurṭa, police officer). Below are all 36 jobs and professions from lessons 62, 63 and 64 of the Flashcardly course, each with a picture and native audio.

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Lesson 62 · Job Roles — Service & Trades 12 words

مُمَرِّض mumarriḍ nurse

ساعَدَ المُمَرِّضُ المَرِيضَ.

sāʿada al-mumarriḍu al-marīḍa

The nurse helped the patient.
طَبِيبُ أَسْنَان tabeeb asnan dentist

أَصْلَحَ طَبِيبُ الأَسْنَانِ سِنِّي.

aslaha tabeeb al-asnan sinni.

The dentist fixed my tooth.
نَادِل nādil waiter

أَحْضَرَ النَّادِلُ طَعَامَنَا.

aḥḍara an-nādilu ṭaʿāmanā.

The waiter brought our food.
نَادِلَة nādila waitress

أَحْضَرَتِ النَّادِلَةُ طَعَامَنَا.

aḥḍarati n-nādilatu ṭaʿāmanā.

The waitress brought our food.
طَبَّاخ ṭabbākh chef

يَطْبُخُ الطَّبَّاخُ الوَجْبَةَ.

yaṭbukhu aṭ-ṭabbākhu al-wajba

The chef cooks the meal.
مِيكَانِيكِيّ mīkānīkī mechanic

أَصْلَحَ الْمِيكَانِيكِيُّ سَيَّارَتِي.

aṣlaḥa al-mīkānīkīyu sayyāratī

The mechanic fixed my car.
سَاعِي بَرِيد sāʿī barīd postman

أحضر ساعي البريد رسالة.

ʾaḥḍara sāʿī al-barīd risālah

The postman brought a letter.
عَامِل نَظَافَة ʿāmil naḍāfa cleaner

غَسَلَ عَامِلُ النَّظَافَةِ الأَرْضِيَّةَ.

Ghasala ʿāmilu an-naḍāfati al-arḍiyya.

The cleaner washed the floor.
بُسْتَانِيّ bustāniyy gardener

يَسْقِي البُسْتَانِيُّ النَّبَاتَاتِ.

yasqī al-bustāniyyu an-nabātāt.

The gardener waters the plants.
رَسَّام rassām painter

يَرْسُمُ الرَّسَّامُ لَوْحَةً جَمِيلَةً.

yarsumu ar-rassāmu lawḥatan jamīlah.

The painter paints a beautiful picture.
خَيَّاط khayyāṭ tailor

يَصْنَعُ الخَيَّاطُ مَلَابِسَ جَمِيلَةً.

yaṣnaʿu l-khayyāṭu malābisa jamīla.

The tailor makes beautiful clothes.
أَمِينُ مَكْتَبَة ameen maktaba librarian

يُنظمُ أمينُ المكتبة الكتبَ على الرفوف.

yunazzimu ameenul-maktabati al-kutuba 'ala ar-rufoof

The librarian organizes the books.

Lesson 63 · Job Roles — Creative & Office 12 words

مُمَثِّل mumaththil actor

رأيتُ المُمَثِّلَ المشهور.

Ra'aytu al-mumaththila al-mash-hūr.

I saw the famous actor.
مُمَثِّلَة mumaththila actress

رأيتُ الْمُمَثِّلَةَ المشهورة.

Ra'aytu l-mumaththilata l-mashhūra.

I saw the famous actress.
فَنَّان fannān artist

يَرْسُمُ الفَنَّانُ لَوْحَةً.

yarsumu al-fannānu lawḥa

The artist paints a picture.
مُصَوِّر muṣawwir photographer

التقط المُصَوِّرُ صورتي.

iltaqaṭa al-muṣawwiru ṣūratī.

The photographer took my picture.
كَاتِب kātib writer

أنهى الكاتبُ الكتابَ.

Anha al-kātibu al-kitāb.

The writer finished the book.
مُدِير mudīr manager

قَابَلْنَا الْمُدِيرَ الْجَدِيدَ.

qābalnā al-mudīra al-jadīd.

We met the new manager.
مُحَامٍ muḥāmin lawyer

أنا بحاجة إلى مُحَامٍ جَيّد.

ana biḥāja ilā muḥāmin jayyid

I need a good lawyer.
سِكْرِتِير sikritīr secretary

يَعْمَلُ السِّكْرِتِيرُ فِي المَكْتَبِ.

yaʿmalu as-sikritīru fī al-maktab.

The secretary works in the office.
صُحُفِيّ ṣuḥufiyy journalist

يَكْتُبُ الصُّحُفِيُّ الأخبارَ.

yaktubu ṣ-ṣuḥufiyyu l-akhbār.

The journalist writes the news.
مُسَاعِد musāʿid assistant

سَيُسَاعِدُكَ مُسَاعِدِي.

sayusāʿiduka musāʿidī

My assistant will help you.
مُرَاسِل murāsil reporter

يَكْتُبُ المُرَاسِلُ الأَخْبَارَ.

yaktubu l-murāsilu l-akhbār.

The reporter writes the news.
مُصَمِّم muṣammim designer

يَصْنَعُ الْمُصَمِّمُ مَلَابِسَ جَمِيلَةً.

yaṣnaʿu l-muṣammimu malābisa jamīla.

The designer makes beautiful clothes.

Lesson 64 · Job Roles — Technical & Public 12 words

مُهَنْدِس muhandis engineer

أَصْلَحَ الْمُهَنْدِسُ الآلَةَ.

aṣlaḥa al-muhandisu al-ālah

The engineer fixed the machine.
طَيَّار ṭayyār pilot

يَقُودُ الطَّيَّارُ الطَّائِرَةَ.

yaqūdu aṭ-ṭayyāru aṭ-ṭā'irah.

The pilot flies the plane.
فَلَّاح fallāḥ farmer

يَعْمَلُ الفَلَّاحُ في الحَقْلِ.

yaʿmalu al-fallāḥu fī al-ḥaqli

The farmer works in the field.
صَيَّاد ṣayyād fisherman

أَمْسَكَ الصَّيَّادُ سَمَكَةً كَبِيرَةً.

amsaka ṣ-ṣayyādu samakatan kabīrah.

The fisherman caught a big fish.
عَالِم ʿālim scientist

اكْتَشَفَ الْعَالِمُ دَوَاءً جَدِيدًا.

iktashafa al-ʿālimu dawāʾan jadīdan.

The scientist discovered a new medicine.
مُبَرْمِج mubarmíj programmer

المُبَرْمِجُ يَكْتُبُ البَرْمَجِيَّات.

al-mubarmíju yaktubu al-barmajiyyāt

The programmer writes the software.
ضَابِطُ شُرْطَة ḍābiṭ shurṭa police officer

أمسك ضابط الشرطة باللص.

amsaka ḍābiṭ ash-shurṭa bil-liṣṣ

The police officer caught the thief.
جُنْدِيّ jundiyy soldier

الْجُنْدِيُّ يَحْمِي الْمَدِينَةَ.

al-jundiyyu yaḥmī al-madīnah

The soldier protects the city.
أُسْتَاذ ustādh professor

يُدَرِّسُ الأستاذُ الطلابَ.

yudarrisu al-ustādhu aṭ-ṭullāb.

The professor teaches the students.
بَنَّاء bannā' builder

يَبْنِي الْبَنَّاءُ الْمَنْزِلَ الْجَدِيدَ.

yabnī al-bannā'u al-manzila al-jadīda.

The builder constructs the new house.
خَبَّاز khabbāz baker

الخَبَّازُ يَصْنَعُ خُبْزاً طَازَجاً كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.

al-khabbāzu yaṣnaʿu khubzan ṭāzajan kulla yawm.

The baker makes fresh bread.
رِيَاضِيّ riyāḍiyy athlete

يَجْرِي الرِيَاضِيُّ بِسُرْعَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ جِدًّا.

yajrī ar-riyāḍiyyu bi-surʿatin kabīratin jiddan.

The athlete runs very fast.