Arabic vocabulary: War & military – 33 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

"أخي إبراهيم، كتبت لك من السجن بعد الحرب بسنتين.

'My brother Ibrahim, I wrote to you from prison two years after the war.

فِي سَنَةِ أَلْفٍ وَسَبْعِمِائَةٍ وَثَمَانِيَةٍ وَتِسْعِينَ وَصَلَ جَيْشُ نَابُلْيُونَ الْفَرَنْسِيُّ إِلَى مِصْرَ.

In the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight Napoleon's French army arrived in Egypt.

كَانَ الْجُنُودُ يَحْمِلُونَ خَرِيطَةً قَدِيمَةً لِلصَّحْرَاءِ.

The soldiers were carrying an old map of the desert.

فِي رَبِيعِ عَامِ 1799م، وَقَفَ الطَّبِيبُ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ الشَّابُّ "لُوسْيَان" أَمَامَ أَسْوَارِ مَدِينَةِ عَكَّا، وَشَعَرَ بِالتَّعَبِ يَتَسَلَّلُ إِلَى عِظَامِهِ.

In the spring of the year 1799 AD, the young military doctor, Lucien, stood in front of the walls of the city of Acre, and felt fatigue creeping into his bones.

ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ، جَاءَ ضَابِطٌ فَرَنْسِيٌّ إِلَى بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ.

One hot day, a French officer came to Youssef's house.

فِي المَدِينَةِ حِصَارٌ طَوِيلٌ الحِصَارُ يَدُومُ أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً النَّاسُ يَخَافُونَ كَثِيرًا البُيُوتُ مُغْلَقَةٌ دَائِمًا الشَّوَارِعُ فَارِغَةٌ

In the city a long siege The siege lasts many days The people are afraid a lot The houses are closed always The streets are empty

فَكَّرَ يُوسُفُ طَوِيلًا، نَظَرَ إِلَى السَّيْفِ الْمُعَلَّقِ، ثُمَّ قَرَّرَ أَنْ يَبِيعَهُ لِتَاجِرٍ غَرِيبٍ.

Youssef thought for a long time, he looked at the hanging sword, then he decided to sell it to a strange merchant.

فِي الرِّسَالَةِ خَبَرٌ صَعْبٌ: جُنُودٌ أَعْدَاءٌ يَأْخُذُونَ امْرَأَةً مُسْلِمَةً.

In the letter is difficult news: Enemy soldiers are taking a Muslim woman.

قَالَ لَهَا بِابْتِسَامَةٍ أَنْتِ حَفِيدَةُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، أَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ؟ أَنَا أَبُو يُوسُفَ، صَدِيقُهُ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً جَلَسَتْ لَيْلَى بِجَانِبِهِ وَسَأَلَتْهُ عَنْ مَعْنَى الضَّوْءِ الَّذِي يَبْتَلِعُ الطَّرِيقَ فَابْتَسَمَ أَبُو يُوسُفَ بِحُزْنٍ خَفِيفٍ وَقَالَ: فِي زَمَنِ الِاحْتِلَالِ الْفَرَنْسِيِّ أَطْلَقَ الْجُنُودُ الرَّصَاصَ عَلَى السَّقْفِ لِتَخْوِيفِ النَّاسِ لَكِنَّ التُّجَّارَ لَمْ يُصْلِحُوا كُلَّ الثُّقُوبِ تَرَكُوهَا لِتُذَكِّرَهُمْ بِأَنَّهُمْ بَقُوا رَغْمَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ جَدُّكِ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذَا الضَّوْءَ

He said to her with a smile You are Abu Khalid's granddaughter, aren't you? I am Abu Yusuf, his friend of forty years Layla sat beside him and asked him about the meaning of 'the light that swallows the road' So Abu Yusuf smiled with a slight sadness and said: In the time of the French occupation the soldiers fired bullets at the ceiling to frighten the people but the merchants did not repair all the holes they left them to remind them that they remained despite everything Your grandfather used to say that this light

دَخَلَ حَارِسٌ يَلْهَثُ، يَحْمِلُ رَجُلًا مُتْعَبًا، مُغَطًّى بِالغُبَارِ وَالدِّمَاءِ، وَقَدْ بَدَتْ عَلَيْهِ آثَارُ السَّفَرِ الطَّوِيلِ وَالمَعَارِكِ.

A guard entered, panting, carrying a tired man, covered in dust and blood, and signs of long travel and battles were visible on him.

ارْتَجَفَتْ يَدُهُ وَهُوَ يَفُكُّ الخَتْمَ الشَّمْعِيَّ، وَقَرَأَ بِصَوْتٍ خَافِتٍ وَمُتَوَتِّرٍ: كَانَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهَا جَاسُوسًا عَرَبِيًّا يَعْمَلُ دَاخِلَ مُعَسْكَرِ تَيْمُورَ، وَقَدْ خَاطَرَ بِحَيَاتِهِ لِيُخْبِرَ أَهْلَ حَلَبَ بِأَنَّ الأَمِيرَ عَازِمٌ عَلَى تَدْمِيرِ المَدِينَةِ بِالكَامِلِ إِنْ قُوبِلَ بِالمُقَاوَمَةِ، تَمَامًا كَمَا فَعَلَ فِي مُدُنٍ أُخْرَى، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَعْفُو عَنْ سُكَّانِهَا وَيَكْتَفِي بِالجِزْيَةِ وَبَعْضِ الغَنَائِمِ إِنْ فُتِحَتِ الأَبْوَابُ دُونَ قِتَالٍ.

His hand trembled as he broke the wax seal, and he read in a low and tense voice: The man who sent it was an Arab spy working inside Tamerlane's camp, and he had risked his life to inform the people of Aleppo that the Prince was determined to destroy the city completely if met with resistance, just as he had done in other cities, but he would pardon its inhabitants and suffice with the tribute (Jizya) and some spoils if the gates were opened without fighting.

ارْتَجَفَتْ يَدُهُ وَهُوَ يَفُكُّ الخَتْمَ الشَّمْعِيَّ، وَقَرَأَ بِصَوْتٍ خَافِتٍ وَمُتَوَتِّرٍ: كَانَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهَا جَاسُوسًا عَرَبِيًّا يَعْمَلُ دَاخِلَ مُعَسْكَرِ تَيْمُورَ، وَقَدْ خَاطَرَ بِحَيَاتِهِ لِيُخْبِرَ أَهْلَ حَلَبَ بِأَنَّ الأَمِيرَ عَازِمٌ عَلَى تَدْمِيرِ المَدِينَةِ بِالكَامِلِ إِنْ قُوبِلَ بِالمُقَاوَمَةِ، تَمَامًا كَمَا فَعَلَ فِي مُدُنٍ أُخْرَى، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَعْفُو عَنْ سُكَّانِهَا وَيَكْتَفِي بِالجِزْيَةِ وَبَعْضِ الغَنَائِمِ إِنْ فُتِحَتِ الأَبْوَابُ دُونَ قِتَالٍ.

His hand trembled as he broke the wax seal, and he read in a low and tense voice: The man who sent it was an Arab spy working inside Tamerlane's camp, and he had risked his life to inform the people of Aleppo that the Prince was determined to destroy the city completely if met with resistance, just as he had done in other cities, but he would pardon its inhabitants and suffice with the tribute (Jizya) and some spoils if the gates were opened without fighting.

فِي الرِّسَالَةِ خَبَرٌ صَعْبٌ: جُنُودٌ أَعْدَاءٌ يَأْخُذُونَ امْرَأَةً مُسْلِمَةً.

In the letter is difficult news: Enemy soldiers are taking a Muslim woman.

لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ إِنْ كَانَ الجَاسُوسُ صَادِقًا أَمْ أَنَّ الرِّسَالَةَ مُجَرَّدُ خُدْعَةٍ لِإِضْعَافِ عَزِيمَةِ المُدَافِعِينَ.

He did not know if the spy was truthful or if the letter was just a trick to weaken the resolve of the defenders.

كَانَ الْجَيْشُ الْفَرَنْسِيُّ يُحَاصِرُ الْمَدِينَةَ مُنْذُ شَهْرَيْنِ، وَلَمْ يَنْجَحِ الْجُنُودُ فِي اقْتِحَامِهَا رَغْمَ كُلِّ الْمُحَاوَلَاتِ.

The French army had been besieging the city for two months, and the soldiers had not succeeded in storming it despite all the attempts.

فِي أَوَاخِرِ الْقَرْنِ التَّاسِعِ عَشَرَ، كَانَ أَهْلُ الْقَاهِرَةِ يَنْتَظِرُونَ صَوْتَ مِدْفَعِ الْإِفْطَارِ فِي رَمَضَانَ.

In the late nineteenth century, the people of Cairo used to wait for the sound of the iftar cannon. during Ramadan.

سَافَرَتِ الْقَافِلَةُ أَيَّامًا طَوِيلَةً عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ الْقَدِيمِ الَّذِي سَلَكَهُ التُّجَّارُ مُنْذُ زَمَنِ الْمَلِكَاتِ وَالْفَاتِحِينَ، طَرِيقٍ تُرْشِدُهُ عَلَامَاتٌ صَغِيرَةٌ فَوْقَ الصُّخُورِ وَآبَارٌ يَعْرِفُ مَوَاقِعَهَا الرِّجَالُ الْكِبَارُ فَقَطْ.

The caravan traveled for many long days on the ancient road that merchants have taken since the time of queens and conquerors, a road guided by small signs on the rocks and wells whose locations only the elders know.

وَقَرَأَ بِصَوْتٍ خَافِتٍ وَمُتَوَتِّرٍ: كَانَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهَا جَاسُوسًا عَرَبِيًّا يَعْمَلُ دَاخِلَ مُعَسْكَرِ تَيْمُورَ، وَقَدْ خَاطَرَ بِحَيَاتِهِ لِيُخْبِرَ أَهْلَ حَلَبَ بِأَنَّ الأَمِيرَ عَازِمٌ عَلَى تَدْمِيرِ المَدِينَةِ بِالكَامِلِ إِنْ قُوبِلَ بِالمُقَاوَمَةِ، تَمَامًا كَمَا فَعَلَ فِي مُدُنٍ أُخْرَى، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَعْفُو عَنْ سُكَّانِهَا وَيَكْتَفِي بِالجِزْيَةِ وَبَعْضِ الغَنَائِمِ إِنْ فُتِحَتِ الأَبْوَابُ دُونَ قِتَالٍ.

and he read in a low and tense voice: The man who sent it was an Arab spy working inside Tamerlane's camp, and he had risked his life to inform the people of Aleppo that the Prince was determined to destroy the city completely if met with resistance, just as he had done in other cities, but he would pardon its inhabitants and suffice with the tribute (Jizya) and some spoils if the gates were opened without fighting.

لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ إِنْ كَانَ الجَاسُوسُ صَادِقًا أَمْ أَنَّ الرِّسَالَةَ مُجَرَّدُ خُدْعَةٍ لِإِضْعَافِ عَزِيمَةِ المُدَافِعِينَ.

He did not know if the spy was truthful or if the letter was just a trick to weaken the resolve of the defenders.

فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُ حَلَبَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ، لَا فِي اسْتِسْلَامٍ ذَلِيلٍ، بَلْ فِي اتِّفَاقٍ حَذِرٍ حَقَنَ دِمَاءَ آلَافِ العَائِلَاتِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَمْنَعْ بَعْضَ الخَرَابِ وَالنَّهْبِ الَّذِي لَحِقَ بِأَحْيَاءَ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ.

Aleppo's gates were opened after a few days, not in a humiliating surrender, but in a cautious agreement that spared the blood of thousands of families, even if it did not prevent some of the destruction and looting that befell neighborhoods of the city.

كَانَ الْجَيْشَانِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.

The two armies were in the desert.

يا وسام، خليكن حذرين، شفت واحد فيهن عندو شي طويل بإيدو، يمكن بارودة صيد

Wissam, stay cautious, I saw one of them who has something long in his hand, maybe a hunting rifle

فَأَطْلَقَ الْجُنْدِيُّ الْمِدْفَعَ.

So the soldier fired the cannon.

يَنْظُرُ الجُنُودُ إِلَى النَّارِ الَّتِي تَأْكُلُ السُّفُنَ بِبُطْءٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَتَغَيَّرُ شَيْءٌ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ يَفْهَمُونَ أَنَّ قَائِدَهُمْ شُجَاعٌ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ يُقَاتِلُ جُنُودُ طَارِقٍ بِشَجَاعَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ يَنْتَصِرُونَ عَلَى جَيْشِ المَلِكِ لُذْرِيقَ رَغْمَ قِلَّةِ عَدَدِهِمْ يَتَذَكَّرُ النَّاسُ هَذِهِ القِصَّةَ عَلَى مَرِّ التَّارِيخِ أَحْيَانًا، عِنْدَمَا يُغْلَقُ طَرِيقُ الهُرُوبِ يُولَدُ النَّصْرُ

The soldiers look at the fire which is eating the ships slowly After that something changes in their hearts They understand that their leader is brave After a few days Tariq's soldiers fight with great bravery They are victorious over King Roderic's army despite their small numbers People remember this story throughout history Sometimes, when the escape route is closed victory is born

فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُ حَلَبَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ، لَا فِي اسْتِسْلَامٍ ذَلِيلٍ، بَلْ فِي اتِّفَاقٍ حَذِرٍ حَقَنَ دِمَاءَ آلَافِ العَائِلَاتِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَمْنَعْ بَعْضَ الخَرَابِ وَالنَّهْبِ الَّذِي لَحِقَ بِأَحْيَاءَ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ.

Aleppo's gates were opened after a few days, not in a humiliating surrender, but in a cautious agreement that spared the blood of thousands of families, even if it did not prevent some of the destruction and looting that befell neighborhoods of the city.

الَّتِي تَأْكُلُ السُّفُنَ بِبُطْءٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَتَغَيَّرُ شَيْءٌ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ يَفْهَمُونَ أَنَّ قَائِدَهُمْ شُجَاعٌ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ قَلِيلَةٍ يُقَاتِلُ جُنُودُ طَارِقٍ بِشَجَاعَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ يَنْتَصِرُونَ عَلَى جَيْشِ المَلِكِ لُذْرِيقَ رَغْمَ قِلَّةِ عَدَدِهِمْ يَتَذَكَّرُ النَّاسُ هَذِهِ القِصَّةَ عَلَى مَرِّ التَّارِيخِ أَحْيَانًا، عِنْدَمَا يُغْلَقُ طَرِيقُ الهُرُوبِ يُولَدُ النَّصْرُ

which is eating the ships slowly After that something changes in their hearts They understand that their leader is brave After a few days Tariq's soldiers fight with great bravery They are victorious over King Roderic's army despite their small numbers People remember this story throughout history Sometimes, when the escape route is closed victory is born

كَانَ الْجَيْشُ الْفَرَنْسِيُّ يُحَاصِرُ الْمَدِينَةَ مُنْذُ شَهْرَيْنِ، وَلَمْ يَنْجَحِ الْجُنُودُ فِي اقْتِحَامِهَا رَغْمَ كُلِّ الْمُحَاوَلَاتِ.

The French army had been besieging the city for two months, and the soldiers had not succeeded in storming it despite all the attempts.

الْمَلِكُ رِيتْشَارْد كَانَ قَائِدَ الْإِنْجِلِيزِ، وَصَلَاحُ الدِّينِ كَانَ قَائِدَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.

King Richard was the leader of the English, and Saladin was the leader of the Muslims.

قَالَ الرَّسُولُ: "الْمَلِكُ رِيتْشَارْد يُرِيدُ السَّلَامَ.

The messenger said: "King Richard wants peace.

فِي الرِّسَالَةِ خَبَرٌ صَعْبٌ: جُنُودٌ أَعْدَاءٌ يَأْخُذُونَ امْرَأَةً مُسْلِمَةً.

In the letter is difficult news: Enemy soldiers are taking a Muslim woman.

بَعْدَ أَسَابِيعَ مِنَ الْمُعَانَاةِ، قَرَّرَ "نَابُلْيُون" أَخِيرًا رَفْعَ الْحِصَارِ وَالْعَوْدَةَ إِلَى مِصْرَ.

After weeks of suffering, Napoleon finally decided to lift the siege and return to Egypt.

لَٰكِنَّ الْفُرْصَةَ كَانَتْ ضَئِيلَةً، لِأَنَّ الْجَيْشَ الْمَنْغُولِيَّ، بِقِيَادَةِ هُولَاكُو، كَانَ قَدْ دَخَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ بِالْفِعْلِ.

But the chance was slim, because the Mongol army, led by Hulagu, had already entered the city.

بس ما وقفت أشوف، خفت أعطل الشحنة.

But I didn't stop to see, I was afraid of delaying the shipment.