How to Say "Ship" in Arabic - How To Say Guide

سَفِينَة

safīnafeminine

The English word "ship" translates to Arabic as سَفِينَة (safīna). Wiktionary also lists سَفينة (səfinə).

Meaning: large water craft (noun)

Ways to say it

“ship” in Arabic
Arabic	Romanization (Wiktionary)	Note
سَفِينَة	safīna	feminine
سَفينة	səfinə	Gulf Arabic, feminine

The word refers to a large water craft. It is a noun that is distinct from the verb شَحَنَ, which means to send a parcel or container.

The noun سَفِينَة (a large water craft) should not be confused with the verb شَحَنَ (to ship goods).

In Egyptian Arabic, the word مركب is used for ship. In Gulf Arabic, the form سَفينة is used.

safīna

In Arabic, سَفِينَة can be used metaphorically to describe a 'ship of the desert', which is a common poetic way to refer to a camel.
Arabic has a specific word, أُسْطُول, for a 'fleet' of ships, which is believed to be derived from the Ancient Greek word 'stolos'.
The word سَفِينَة is used in the Quran to describe the ark of Noah, linking the modern word for a ship to one of the most famous nautical stories in history.

أرى السفينة في الميناء.
I see the ship in the port.
قامت السفينة بعملية الشحن والتفريغ.
The ship went through the loading and unloading process.
تمتلك شركتنا عدة سفن تجارية.
Our company owns several merchant ships.
شفت المركب اللي رايح للساحل؟
Did you see the ship heading to the coast?
محتاج أركب المركب بكرة.
I need to board the ship tomorrow.

Yusuf and Nour are looking at the harbor.

يوسف Youssef

انْظُرِي يا نُور، ما هذه سَفِينَة جَمِيلة!
Unẓurī yā Nour, mā hadhihi safīna jamīla!
Look Nour, what a beautiful ship!
نور Nour

نَعَم يا يُوسُف، إنَّها ضَخْمَة جِدًّا.
Na'am yā Yūsuf, innahā ḍakhma jiddan.
Yes Yusuf, it is very huge.
يوسف Youssef

مَتَى سَتُغادِرُ السَّفِينَة المِيناء؟
Matā satughādiru as-safīna al-mīnā'?
When will the ship leave the port?
نور Nour

أَظُنُّ أَنَّها سَتُغادِر غَدًا.
Aẓunnu annahā satughādir ghadan.
I think it will leave tomorrow.

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