Technical English-Arabic words and phrases A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 wahed 2 thinien ethnien 3 thalatha 4 arbaa 5 khamsa 6 sitta 7 sabaa 8 thamanya 9 tisaa 10 ashra 11 aheda-ashar 12 ehtna-ashar 13 thalatha-ashar 14 arbaa-ashar 15 khamsa-ashar 16 settata-ashar 17 sabata-ashar 18 thamaniata-ashar 19 tesata-ashar 20 eshreen 21 wahed-wa-eshreen 22 ethnien-wa-eshreen 30 thalatheen 40 arbaein 50 khamseen 60 sitteen 70 sabein 80 thamanein 90 tesein 100 meya *** A *** and wa are you finished hul khalast? *** B *** B.O.P. wrench mufta B.O.P. ball pein hammer shakoosh saghir bar bari bathroom hamam be careful entabeh bed sarier big kabier bigger akbar black aswad blowout yeseal blue asrag board khashab-lawh bolt borshe mosmar – bottom tahat – boy walad or sabi — break out excer bring me.. jiegeblye.. brush it farshee or nadaf build mud volume zeid tein *** C *** cable, rope, wire selk kahrabah, habp, selk camp camp or mokhaiam carry ehmel or sheif cement ismint chain tongs chain tongs change bit nozzles badel bit nozzles change elevators badel elevators change rams badel rams change packing badel packing change… badel.. – check oil in rotary efhas el zait rotary check rod oiler efhas rod oiler check oil in engine efhas el zait engine check… efhas… chemicals chemicals kimaweyat chicken dajaaj clean the threads nadef el senoun clean with water nadef bil mayia clean with diesel nadel bil diesel clean sand trap nadef sand trap clean out mud ditch nadef el tina clean shaker screen nadef shaker screen clean this nadef haza or nadef hadah clean out pit nadef el pit clean out.. nadef… close water valve sacer el mayia – close.. sacer.. – coffee kahwa cold bard come here taa’la hona come with me taa’la maei come tah al cook yet ‘bokh – crane operator amel weinsh cresent (adjustable wrench) mufta burghe *** D *** dismantle (tear down) pump suctions fik el pump suctions dismantle B.O.P. fik el B.O.P. diverter mohawel do you have.. hal – indek.. do you want coffee ayez kahwa do not throw away la termi do you understand inta fahamt down tahat drill bit alet hafr drill pipe hafar mawassir driller hafar driver sa-ak *** E *** early badri easy sahel eat yacol electrician kahrabaii elevator aceussor emergency Tawarek empty faregh everything kollo *** F *** faster besoraa -asraa fill grease gun with grease hut shahm fil mashhama fire extinguisher taffaya, harik fire narr fish samak fishing for junk dawar ala karakib fork showka finished khalast – food akal – fork showka Friday yom el gomao friend sadiq full Maliin *** G *** gallon galon garbage zibala get grease gun jeab mashhama – give yat ‘i, ed ‘i go roah God’s Will inshaalha good jayed good bye maasalaama good morning sabah al khair grease slips shahiim el slips grease… shahiim el… green akhdar *** H *** half nos handle mekbad or yed harder akoa hello marhaba salam alekom – help him saedo help me saadni help them saedhome here hema him howa hit it edrob hold emsiek home biet hook up fill up line rakeb fill-up line hook up flow line raked flow line hook up.. rakeb… hot sochen how many cam how much does this cost cam thamen haza or bekam how keif or ezai how are you keif halac of ezaiyak hurry besorao *** I *** I am fine ana mabsoot, ana kowayes I am happy with your work Ana mabsout beshughlak I want… ariyad or aawez I want it rare ariydah mistawiiy shway I want to eat aryid aakol I am going to… ana raieh ela… I am hungry ana gowaan I, me ana iced tea shaay barid in my room fil ghurfa in pick-up (car) fil sayyana(sayyara) in the house fiel beit inch busa inside gowah install new liner rakeb kliat jadeed install new swab rubber rakeb swab rubber jaded install.. rakeb… is it clean hal howa nadif or hal dah nadif (for things) *** J *** jack: hydraulic, screw, track hydraulic jack, screw jack, track jack *** K *** knife sikkiyn *** L *** later baedien lay down rayeh or nam leaking yesayel left yasaar – let’s go yala litre litr little shoeya – load this hamal haza long tawiel longer attwal look out! shoef – lost circulation material dayart el warak lots, many ketier *** M *** make up bit rakya al bit make up shed man — men reejal manager mudier maybe yem ken – meat lahma mechanic mekanic medium matawasat metre mitr milk haliyb mix gel khalit gel mix weight material khalit barite Monday yowm el itnen money feluus — moron gha ‘bi motorman rakeb motocykl mud hopper khalant el tina mud tina my name is….. Ana ismee… *** N *** never mind maalish – new jadiid no good mosh kowayes no, I don’t have laa ma audich no la not that way moush kedah nothing wala hayoh now delwakty nut samola – *** O *** office mactab oil zeit oilfield el maw keeh old atiik or kadeem open mud gun eftah el gun open eftah open valve eftah el mahbas over here huna outside barra – over there hunak *** P *** paper waraq pepper filfil – pen, pencil kalam pick this up erfah haza foak – pipe wrench mufta pipe please men fadlak – Please, have a coffee Etfadal echrab kahwa poison sem pull the slips erfah slips pull eshab pull in the shoe eshab el shoe pump tromba push tongs back zok el lesan wara push zok-edfaa put tongs on daa tongs or hot tongs put it there hot honak put it.. hot.. put in new gasket rakib kaskit jadeed put bolt in rakek burghe put this… hot haza… *** Q *** *** R *** raise tongs up erfaa el lesan fouk rare mistawiiy shway red ahmar remove liner eshab liner, sheel el… remove.. eshab.., sheel… repair pump salleh el Tromba repair the leak sallih mahal ma bisiil, salleh el otl(defect) repair… sallah el.. ride ercab rig up Stumberger raked schlumberger right yamien roughneck couhe khechen run run! in emergency egry besoraa (run fast) *** S *** sack kies salt malh Saturday yown is-sabt save waffer safety amaan set the slips hot slips short qasyer shorter aasar shovel shibel sledge hammer shakoosh kabir sleep noum slowly shwai shwai – smaller asghar soup shurba speak slowly takallam betamahl spoon maalaka sugar sokkar Sunday yowm il-ahad *** T *** take bolt out eshab el mosmar tea shaay test B.O.P. akhtabar thank you shukran thank god alhamdo-llellah that hazah that’s enough bass or kefaya them homma there honak this haza this way hathehy altareka threads asnan throw chain ermy chain throw away ermi Thursday yown il-khamiys tie on to… erbott.. tighten nut erbott el samola – tip bakchies tomorrow boukra – toolpusher garrar top fouk tipping eddy bakchies Tuesday yowm ith-thalaatha turn loose fok or hel – turn over eclab turn lef *** U *** unload this nasel dah or nasel hasa – up foak use shovel istamel garouf use water hose istamel hauafeyet el maya use wire brush istamel fursha hadeed *** V *** vegetables khudra very good jayed jedan *** W *** wait a minute estana shoeya – waiting for orders mestani awamer walk emshi warehouse (spare parts storage) makhzau – water mayia Wednesday youm il-arbaa welder lahham welding leham well done (cooked) mistawiiy jiddan well done (job) amal jayed what are you doing shoe betiimal or hetiimal eh? what do you call this in arabic? maza tosumi haza bel arabi? what do you want ayez eh ? what is this eh dah? what is your name shoe ismack or ismack eh? what is your number kamm raqamak when mata or emta when will you finish mata sawfa tukhalis or hatukhalas emta? where feen where are you going? wein rayeh, rayeh feen white abyad work shughul wrench muftaah *** X *** *** Y *** yellow asfar yes, I understand na am afham yes aewa, naam you inta you are welcome ahlan wa sahlan you are learning inta betettallam – tataalam – you are doing good anta betaamal jayed *** Z *** – –
✅ Updated: September 29, 2025 (637 days after publication)