How to Say "Passport" in Arabic

جَوَاز سَفَر

jawāz safarmasculine

The English word "passport" is جَوَاز سَفَر (jawāz safar) in Arabic. Wiktionary also lists إِجَازَة مُرُور (ʔijāzat murūr).

Meaning: official document for foreign travel (noun)

Ways to say it

“passport” in Arabic
Arabic	Romanization (Wiktionary)	Note
جَوَاز سَفَر	jawāz safar	masculine
إِجَازَة مُرُور	ʔijāzat murūr	feminine

The term refers to the official document used for foreign travel.

The compound noun جَوَاز سَفَر consists of جَوَاز, meaning "permit" or "pass" and سَفَر, meaning "travel".

The plural form of جَوَاز سَفَر is جَوَازَات سَفَر.

jawāz safar

The word سَفَر for 'travel' comes from a root meaning 'to uncover'. This refers to how travelers in the desert would uncover their faces or how travel reveals the hidden secrets of a new land.
The root of جَوَاز is shared with the word جَائِز, which is used in Islamic law to describe an action that is permissible. Thus, a passport is literally a document that makes your crossing 'permissible'.
If you tell an Arabic speaker you are on إِجَازَة, they might think you are on a beach holiday rather than discussing your travel documents.

أرِنِي، من فضلك، جواز سفرك.
Please show me your passport.
فقدت جواز سفري. ماذا ينبغي أن أفعل؟
I lost my passport. What should I do?
أَحْتَاجُ إِلَى جَوَاز سَفَرٍ جَدِيدٍ.
aḥtāju ilā jawāza safarin jadīdin.
I need a new passport.

Layla and Youssef are preparing for a trip to the airport.

ليلى Layla

يُوسُف، هَلْ أَخَذْتَ جَوَاز سَفَرَكَ؟
Yūsaf, hal akhadhta jawāz safaraka?
Youssef, did you take your passport?
يوسف Youssef

نَعَم، هُوَ فِي حَقِيبَتِي.
Naʿam, huwa fī ḥaqībatī.
Yes, it is in my bag.
ليلى Layla

تَأَكَّدْ أَنَّهُ مَعَكَ الآنَ.
Taʾakkad annahu maʿaka al-ān.
Make sure you have it with you now.
يوسف Youssef

لَا تَقْلَقِي، جَوَاز سَفَرِي هُنَا.
Lā taqlaqī, jawāz safarī hunā.
Don't worry, my passport is here.

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