الأرض
al-arḍ
The Arabic word for the planet earth is الأرض (al-arḍ).
الأرض is used to refer specifically to the third planet of the Solar System. Other related words in Arabic include أَرْض and أرض for land or the ground, as well as تُرْبَة, تُرَاب and أَرْض when referring to soil.
Meaning: third planet of the Solar System (name)
Which one should you use?
الأرض (al-arḍ) is used when referring to the planet, whereas أرض (arḍ) without the definite article is more commonly used to mean land or a country.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
When referring to the planet Earth, the word is almost always used with the definite article al- (the).
How do you pronounce it?
al-arḍ
Did you know?
- In Arabic, the word for 'earth' or 'land' is أرض, which shares the same root as the word for 'poverty' or 'being low'.
- The phrase على وجه الأرض literally means 'on the face of the earth', a common idiom used to express that something exists anywhere in the world.
- While 'the earth' is الأرض, the word for the substance 'soil' or 'dust' can be تراب, which is often used poetically in Arabic to describe human mortality.
Examples in context
- لا تفكّر في الأرض.Don't think about the earth.This is useful for practicing a negative command regarding the form الأرض.Tatoeba #8000010 by OsoHombre, translation #12263768 by Miktsoanit
- الأرض تدور حول الشمس.The earth moves around the sun.This shows how to describe the movement of the planet using الأرض.Tatoeba #459398 by saeb, translation #277136 by Eldad
- تدور الأرض حول الشمس.The earth goes around the sun.This provides another way to state that the planet revolves around the sun using الأرض.Tatoeba #831705 by Samer, translation #277137 by CK
- حماية الأرض والحفاظ على توازنها مسؤولية الجميع.Protecting the earth and preserving its balance is everyone's responsibility.
- شفت الدنيا الرهيبة في رحلتي الأخيرة!I saw the amazing world on my recent trip!
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Example conversation
Two students are studying geography in a library.
- نور Nourهل الأرض كروية الشكل؟Hal al-ardu kurawiyyat al-shakl?Is the Earth spherical in shape?
- يوسف Youssefنعم، الأرض كروية تماماً.Na'am, al-ardu kurawiyya tamaman.Yes, the Earth is completely spherical.
- نور Nourهذا مذهل يا يوسف.Hadha mudhil ya Yusuf.That is amazing, Yusuf.
- يوسف Youssefالجغرافيا ممتعة جداً يا نور.Al-jughrafiya mumti'a jiddan ya Nur.Geography is very interesting, Nur.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
