Learning Arabic can feel overwhelming at first, but here’s the secret: you don’t need to memorize tens of thousands of words to start communicating effectively. By focusing on a frequency vocabulary, or the 1,000 most common Arabic words, you can quickly understand and express most everyday ideas.
This list of Arabic frequency vocabulary words with English meanings is designed to help you learn smarter, not harder. These are the words that appear most often in real conversations, books, media, and daily life across the Arabic-speaking world.
Whether you’re a beginner learning Modern Standard Arabic or exploring regional dialects, mastering this core Arabic vocabulary will give you a solid foundation for fluency.
Let’s dive in! Your journey to confident Arabic communication starts here.
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The 1,000 Most Common Arabic Words
| Number | Arabic | Romanized Arabic | English |
| 1 | كما | kama | as |
| 2 | أنا | ana | I |
| 3 | له | lahu | his |
| 4 | أن | an | that |
| 5 | هو | huwa | he |
| 6 | كان | kana | was |
| 7 | إلى | ila | for / to |
| 8 | في | fi | on / in |
| 9 | هي | hiya | are / she |
| 10 | مع | ma‘a | with |
| 11 | هم | hum | they |
| 12 | يكون | yakūn | be |
| 13 | في | fī | at / in |
| 14 | واحد | wāḥid | one |
| 15 | ديك | deyk | have |
| 16 | هذا | hādhā | this |
| 17 | من | min | from |
| 18 | بواسطة | biwāsiṭa | by |
| 19 | حار | ḥār | hot |
| 20 | كلمة | kalima | word |
| 21 | لكن | lākin | but |
| 22 | ما | mā | what |
| 23 | بعض | ba‘ḍ | some |
| 24 | هو | huwa | is |
| 25 | هو | huwa | it |
| 26 | أنت | anta / anti | you (m/f) |
| 27 | أو | aw | or |
| 28 | كان | kāna | had |
| 29 | و | al- / wa | the / and (contextual) |
| 30 | من | min | of |
| 31 | إلى | ilā | to |
| 32 | و | wa | and |
| 33 | و | wa | a (contextual issue — “a” isn’t directly translated) |
| 34 | في | fī | in |
| 35 | نحن | naḥnu | we |
| 36 | علبة | ʿulba | can (container) |
| 37 | خارج | khārij | out |
| 38 | البعض | al-ba‘ḍ | other / some |
| 39 | و | wa | were |
| 40 | التي | allatī | which |
| 41 | القيام | al-qiyām | do (noun form, “doing”) |
| 42 | من | min | their |
| 43 | الوقت | al-waqt | time |
| 44 | إذا | idhā | if |
| 45 | سوف | sawfa | will |
| 46 | كيف | kayfa | how |
| 47 | قال | qāla | said |
| 48 | و | wa | an |
| 49 | كل | kull | each |
| 50 | أقول | aqūl | tell / say |
| 51 | لا | lā | no / not / does not |
| 52 | مجموعة | majmū‘a | set / group |
| 53 | ثلاثة | thalātha | three |
| 54 | تريد | turīd | want |
| 55 | هواء | hawā’ | air |
| 56 | جيد | jayyid | good / well |
| 57 | أيضا | ayḍan | also |
| 58 | لعب | la‘iba | play |
| 59 | صغير | ṣaghīr | small |
| 60 | نهاية | nihāya | end |
| 61 | وضع | waḍa‘a | put / place |
| 62 | المنزل | al-manzil | home / house |
| 63 | قرأ | qara’a | read |
| 64 | يد | yad | hand |
| 65 | ميناء | mīnā’ | port / harbor |
| 66 | كبير | kabīr | large / big |
| 67 | تهجى | tahajjā | spell |
| 68 | إضافة | iḍāfa | add / addition |
| 69 | حتى | ḥattā | even / until |
| 70 | الأرض | al-arḍ | land / the earth |
| 71 | هنا | hunā | here |
| 72 | يجب | yajibu | must / should |
| 73 | كبير | kabīr | big |
| 74 | ارتفاع | irtifā‘ | high / height |
| 75 | مثل | mithl | such / like |
| 76 | تابع | tāba‘a | follow |
| 77 | فعل | fa‘ala | do / act |
| 78 | لماذا | limādhā | why |
| 79 | تطلب | taṭlub | ask / request |
| 80 | الرجال | al-rijāl | men |
| 81 | تغيير | taghyīr | change |
| 82 | ذهب | dhahaba | went / go |
| 83 | ضوء | ḍaw’ | light |
| 84 | نوع | naw‘ | kind / type |
| 85 | بعيدا | ba‘īdan | off / far |
| 86 | تحتاج | taḥtāj | need |
| 87 | منزل | manzil | house |
| 88 | صور | ṣuwar | pictures / images |
| 89 | محاولة | muḥāwala | try / attempt |
| 90 | لنا | lanā | us / for us |
| 91 | مرة أخرى | marra ukhrā | again |
| 92 | الحيوان | al-ḥayawān | animal |
| 93 | نقطة | nuqṭa | point / dot |
| 94 | أم | umm | mother |
| 95 | العالم | al-‘ālam | world |
| 96 | قرب | qurb | near / close |
| 97 | بناء | binā’ | build / building |
| 98 | النفس | al-nafs | self |
| 99 | أرض | arḍ | earth / ground |
| 100 | الأب | al-ab | father |
| 101 | أي | ayy | any |
| 102 | جديدة | jadīda | new |
| 103 | العمل | al-‘amal | work |
| 104 | جزء | juz’ | part |
| 105 | أخذ | akhadh | take |
| 106 | الحصول على | al-ḥuṣūl ‘alā | get / obtain |
| 107 | مكان | makān | place |
| 108 | مصنوع | maṣnū‘ | made |
| 109 | حي | ḥayy | live / alive / neighborhood |
| 110 | حيث | ḥaythu | where |
| 111 | بعد | ba‘d | after |
| 112 | ظهر | ẓahr | back |
| 113 | القليل | al-qalīl | little / few |
| 114 | فقط | faqaṭ | only |
| 115 | جولة | jawla | round / tour |
| 116 | رجل | rajul | man |
| 117 | عام | ‘ām | year |
| 118 | جاء | jā’a | came |
| 119 | المعرض | al-ma‘raḍ | show / exhibition |
| 120 | كل | kull | every / all |
| 121 | جيد | jayyid | good |
| 122 | أنا | ana | me |
| 123 | منح | manaḥa | give / grant |
| 124 | لدينا | ladaynā | our / we have |
| 125 | تحت | taḥt | under |
| 126 | اسم | ism | name |
| 127 | جدا | jiddan | very |
| 128 | من خلال | min khilāl | through |
| 129 | فقط | faqaṭ | just / only |
| 130 | شكل | shakl | form / shape |
| 131 | عقوبة | ‘uqūba | sentence / punishment |
| 132 | عظيم | ‘aẓīm | great |
| 133 | اعتقد | i‘taqad | think / believe |
| 134 | قول | qawl | say / statement |
| 135 | مساعدة | musā‘ada | help |
| 136 | منخفض | munkhafiḍ | low |
| 137 | خط | khaṭṭ | line |
| 138 | اختلف | ikhtalafa | differ |
| 139 | منعطف | muna‘ṭaf | turn / bend |
| 140 | السبب | al-sabab | cause / reason |
| 141 | كثيرا | kathīran | much / a lot |
| 142 | متوسط | mutawassiṭ | mean / average |
| 143 | قبل | qabla | before |
| 144 | خطوة | khuṭwa | move / step |
| 145 | الحق | al-ḥaqq | right / truth |
| 146 | صبي | ṣabī | boy |
| 147 | قديم | qadīm | old |
| 148 | أيضا | ayḍan | too / also |
| 149 | نفسه | nafsahu | same / himself |
| 150 | هي | hiya | she |
| 151 | كل | kull | all |
| 152 | هناك | hunāk | there |
| 153 | عندما | ‘indamā | when |
| 154 | فوق | fawq | up / above |
| 155 | استخدام | istiqdām / isti‘māl | use |
| 156 | ك | ka / ki | your (as prefix or particle) |
| 157 | طريق | ṭarīq | way / road |
| 158 | حول | ḥawl | about / around |
| 159 | كثير | kathīr | many / much |
| 160 | ثم | thumma | then |
| 161 | هم | hum | them |
| 162 | إرسال | irsāl | send / writing |
| 163 | أراد | arāda | would / wanted |
| 164 | مثل | mithl | like |
| 165 | هكذا | hakadhā | so / thus |
| 166 | هؤلاء | hā’ulā’ | these |
| 167 | لها | lahā | her |
| 168 | طويل | ṭawīl | long / tall |
| 169 | جعل | ja‘ala | make |
| 170 | شيء | shay’ | thing |
| 171 | شاهد | shāhada | see / watch |
| 172 | له | lahu | him / his |
| 173 | اثنين | ithnayn | two |
| 174 | لديه | ladayhi | has |
| 175 | بحث | baḥatha | look / search |
| 176 | أكثر | akthar | more |
| 177 | يوم | yawm | day |
| 178 | يمكن | yumkin | could / can |
| 179 | تذهب | tadhhab | go |
| 180 | جاء | jā’a | come |
| 181 | لم | lam | did not |
| 182 | عدد | ‘adad | number |
| 183 | صوت | ṣawt | sound / voice |
| 184 | لا | lā | no / not |
| 185 | أكثر | akthar | most / more |
| 186 | الناس | al-nās | people |
| 187 | لي | lī | my / to me |
| 188 | على | ‘alā | on / over |
| 189 | تعرف | ta‘rif | know |
| 190 | ماء | mā’ | water |
| 191 | من | min | than / from |
| 192 | دعوة | da‘wa | call / invitation |
| 193 | الأول | al-awwal | first |
| 194 | الذي | alladhī | who / which |
| 195 | قد | qad | may / might |
| 196 | إلى | ilā | down / to (contextual) |
| 197 | الجانب | al-jānib | side |
| 198 | كان | kāna | been / was |
| 199 | الآن | al-ān | now |
| 200 | اكتشاف | iktishāf | find / discovery |
| 201 | رئيس | ra’īs | head / leader |
| 202 | الوقوف | al-wuqūf | stand |
| 203 | الخاصة | al-khāṣa | own / private |
| 204 | الصفحة | al-ṣafḥa | page |
| 205 | ينبغي | yanbaghī | should / ought to |
| 206 | بلد | balad | country |
| 207 | أسس | assasa | founded / established |
| 208 | الجواب | al-jawāb | answer |
| 209 | المدرسة | al-madrasa | school |
| 210 | تنمو | tanmū | grow |
| 211 | دراسة | dirāsa | study |
| 212 | لا يزال | lā yazāl | still |
| 213 | تعلم | ta‘allam | learn |
| 214 | مصنع | maṣna‘ | plant / factory |
| 215 | غطاء | ghiṭā’ | cover |
| 216 | غذاء | ghidhā’ | food |
| 217 | شمس | shams | sun |
| 218 | أربعة | arba‘a | four |
| 219 | بين | bayna | between |
| 220 | دولة | dawla | state / country |
| 221 | احتفظ | iḥtafaẓ | keep |
| 222 | العين | al-‘ayn | eye |
| 223 | أبدا | abadan | never |
| 224 | آخر | ākhir | last / other |
| 225 | سمح | samaḥa | let / allow |
| 226 | يعتقد | ya‘taqid | thought / believes |
| 227 | المدينة | al-madīna | city |
| 228 | شجرة | shajara | tree |
| 229 | عبور | ‘ubūr | cross |
| 230 | مزرعة | mazra‘a | farm |
| 231 | شاق | shāqq | hard / difficult |
| 232 | بداية | bidāya | start / beginning |
| 233 | قد | qad | might / may |
| 234 | قصة | qiṣṣa | story |
| 235 | منشار | minshār | saw (tool) |
| 236 | الآن | al-ān | now |
| 237 | بحر | baḥr | sea |
| 238 | رسم | rasm | draw / drawing |
| 239 | غادر | ghādara | left / departed |
| 240 | متأخر | muta’akhkhir | late |
| 241 | تشغيل | tashghīl | run / operation |
| 242 | لا | lā | don’t / no |
| 243 | في حين | fī ḥīn | while |
| 244 | الصحافة | al-ṣaḥāfa | press / journalism |
| 245 | قريب | qarīb | close / near |
| 246 | الليل | al-layl | night |
| 247 | حقيقية | ḥaqīqiyya | real |
| 248 | حياة | ḥayāh | life |
| 249 | قليل | qalīl | few / little |
| 250 | شمال | shamāl | north |
| 251 | كتاب | kitāb | book |
| 252 | حمل | ḥamala | carry |
| 253 | استغرق | istaġraqa | took / lasted |
| 254 | علم | ‘ilm | science / knowledge |
| 255 | أكل | akala | eat |
| 256 | غرفة | ghurfa | room |
| 257 | صديق | ṣadīq | friend |
| 258 | بدأ | bada’a | began |
| 259 | فكرة | fikra | idea |
| 260 | سمك | samak | fish |
| 261 | الجبل | al-jabal | mountain |
| 262 | توقف | tawakkafa | stop |
| 263 | مرة واحدة | marra wāḥida | once |
| 264 | قاعدة | qā‘ida | base / rule |
| 265 | سمع | sami‘a | hear |
| 266 | الحصان | al-ḥiṣān | horse |
| 267 | قطع | qaṭa‘a | cut |
| 268 | بالتأكيد | bil-ta’kīd | sure / certainly |
| 269 | راقب | rāqaba | watch / observe |
| 270 | لون | lawn | color |
| 271 | وجه | wajh | face |
| 272 | الخشب | al-khashab | wood |
| 273 | رئيسي | ra’īsī | main / primary |
| 274 | مفتوحة | maftūḥa | open |
| 275 | يبدو | yabdū | seem / appear |
| 276 | معا | ma‘an | together |
| 277 | المقبل | al-muqbil | next / upcoming |
| 278 | أبيض | abyaḍ | white |
| 279 | الأطفال | al-aṭfāl | children |
| 280 | بدأ | bada’a | begin / started |
| 281 | حصلت | ḥaṣalat | got / obtained |
| 282 | سير | sayr | walk / path |
| 283 | مثال | mithāl | example |
| 284 | سهولة | suhūla | ease |
| 285 | ورق | waraq | paper |
| 286 | مجموعة | majmū‘a | group |
| 287 | دائما | dā’iman | always |
| 288 | الموسيقى | al-mūsīqā | music |
| 289 | تلك | tilka | those |
| 290 | كلا | kilā | both |
| 291 | علامة | ‘alāma | mark / sign |
| 292 | غالبا | ghāliban | often |
| 293 | الرسالة | al-risāla | letter / message |
| 294 | حتى | ḥattā | until |
| 295 | ميل | mīl | mile / inclination |
| 296 | النهر | al-nahr | river |
| 297 | سيارة | sayyāra | car |
| 298 | قدم | qadam | feet / foot |
| 299 | الرعاية | al-ri‘āya | care |
| 300 | ثان | thānī | second |
| 301 | بما فيه الكفاية | bimaa fīhi al-kifāyah | enough |
| 302 | سهل | sahl | plain |
| 303 | فتاة | fatāh | girl |
| 304 | معتاد | muʿtād | usual |
| 305 | الشباب | al-shabāb | young |
| 306 | جاهزة | jāhizah | ready |
| 307 | فوق | fawq | above |
| 308 | أبدا | abadan | ever |
| 309 | أحمر | aḥmar | red |
| 310 | قائمة | qā’imah | list |
| 311 | على الرغم من | ʿalā al-raġm min | though |
| 312 | إحساس | iḥsās | feel |
| 313 | الحديث | al-ḥadīth | talk |
| 314 | طائر | ṭā’ir | bird |
| 315 | قريبا | qarīban | soon |
| 316 | هيئة | hay’ah | body |
| 317 | الكلب | al-kalb | dog |
| 318 | عائلة | ʿā’ilah | family |
| 319 | مباشر | mubāshir | direct |
| 320 | أربك | arbak | pose |
| 321 | ترك | taraka | leave |
| 322 | أغنية | uġniyah | song |
| 323 | قياس | qiyās | measure |
| 324 | باب | bāb | door |
| 325 | نتاج | nitāj | product |
| 326 | أسود | aswad | black |
| 327 | قصير | qaṣīr | short |
| 328 | الأرقام | al-arqām | numeral |
| 329 | الفئة | al-fi’ah | class |
| 330 | الرياح | al-riyāḥ | wind |
| 331 | السؤال | al-su’āl | question |
| 332 | يحدث | yaḥduth | happen |
| 333 | كاملة | kāmilah | complete |
| 334 | سفينة | safīnah | ship |
| 335 | منطقة | minṭaqah | area |
| 336 | نصف | niṣf | half |
| 337 | صخرة | ṣakhrah | rock |
| 338 | النظام | al-niẓām | order |
| 339 | النار | al-nār | fire |
| 340 | الجنوب | al-janūb | south |
| 341 | مشكلة | mushkilah | problem |
| 342 | قطعة | qiṭʿah | piece |
| 343 | قال | qāl | told |
| 344 | عرف | ʿarafa | knew |
| 345 | تمر | tamur | pass |
| 346 | منذ | mundhu | since |
| 347 | أعلى | aʿlā | top |
| 348 | ككل | kakull | whole |
| 349 | ملك | malik | king |
| 350 | شارع | shāriʿ | street |
| 351 | بوصة | bawsah | inch |
| 352 | مضاعفة | muḍāʿafah | multiply |
| 353 | لا شيء | lā shay’ | nothing |
| 354 | بالطبع | bi-al-ṭabʿ | course |
| 355 | إقامة | iqāmah | stay |
| 356 | عجلة | ʿajalah | wheel |
| 357 | كامل | kāmil | full |
| 358 | قوة | quwwah | force |
| 359 | الأزرق | al-azraq | blue |
| 360 | موضوع | mawḍūʿ | object |
| 361 | تقرر | taqarrar | decide |
| 362 | سطح | saṭḥ | surface |
| 363 | عميق | ʿamīq | deep |
| 364 | ضوء القمر | ḍaw’ al-qamar | moon |
| 365 | الجزيرة | al-jazīrah | island |
| 366 | القدم | al-qadam | foot |
| 367 | نظام | niẓām | system |
| 368 | مشغول | mashghūl | busy |
| 369 | اختبار | ikhtibār | test |
| 370 | سجل | sijill | record |
| 371 | قارب | qārib | boat |
| 372 | مشترك | mushtarak | common |
| 373 | الذهب | al-dhahab | gold |
| 374 | ممكن | mumkin | possible |
| 375 | طائرة | ṭā’irah | plane |
| 376 | بدلا | badalan | stead |
| 377 | جاف | jāf | dry |
| 378 | عجب | ʿajab | wonder |
| 379 | الضحك | al-ḍaḥik | laugh |
| 380 | ألف | alf | thousand |
| 381 | منذ | mundhu | ago |
| 382 | ركض | rakad | ran |
| 383 | تحقق | taḥaqqaq | check |
| 384 | لعبة | luʿbah | game |
| 385 | شكل | shakl | shape |
| 386 | مساواة | musāwāh | equate |
| 387 | حار | ḥār | hot |
| 388 | ملكة جمال | malikat jamāl | miss |
| 389 | جلبت | jalabat | brought |
| 390 | حرارة | ḥarārah | heat |
| 391 | ثلج | thalj | snow |
| 392 | إطار العجلة | iṭār al-ʿajalah | tire |
| 393 | جلب | jalaba | bring |
| 394 | نعم | naʿam | yes |
| 395 | بعيد | baʿīd | distant |
| 396 | شغل | shughl | fill |
| 397 | الشرق | al-sharq | east |
| 398 | الطلاء | al-ṭilā’ | paint |
| 399 | اللغة | al-lughah | language |
| 400 | بين | bayn | among |
| 401 | وحدة | waḥdah | unit |
| 402 | قوة | quwwah | power |
| 403 | مدينة | madīnah | town |
| 404 | غرامة | gharāmah | fine |
| 405 | معين | muʿayyan | certain |
| 406 | يطير | yaṭīr | fly |
| 407 | سقط | saqaṭa | fall |
| 408 | قيادة | qiyādah | lead |
| 409 | صرخة | ṣarkhah | cry |
| 410 | مظلم | muẓlim | dark |
| 411 | آلة | ālah | machine |
| 412 | مذكرة | mudhakkarah | note |
| 413 | انتظر | intazar | wait |
| 414 | خطة | khuṭṭah | plan |
| 415 | الرقم | al-raqam | figure |
| 416 | نجمة | najmah | star |
| 417 | صندوق | ṣundūq | box |
| 418 | إسم | ism | noun |
| 419 | الحقل | al-ḥaql | field |
| 420 | بقية | baqiyyah | rest |
| 421 | صحيح | ṣaḥīḥ | correct |
| 422 | قادرة | qādirah | able |
| 423 | الجنيه | al-junaih | pound |
| 424 | منجز | munjaz | done |
| 425 | الجمال | al-jamāl | beauty |
| 426 | محرك | muḥarrik | drive |
| 427 | وقفت | waqafat | stood |
| 428 | تحتوي على | taḥtawī ʿalā | contain |
| 429 | الجبهة | al-jabhah | front |
| 430 | تعليم | taʿlīm | teach |
| 431 | أسبوع | usbūʿ | week |
| 432 | نهائي | nihā’ī | final |
| 433 | أعطى | aʿṭā | gave |
| 434 | الأخضر | al-akhdar | green |
| 435 | يا | yā | oh |
| 436 | سريع | sarīʿ | quick |
| 437 | تطوير | taṭwīr | develop |
| 438 | المحيط | al-muḥīṭ | ocean |
| 439 | الحارة | al-ḥārah | warm |
| 440 | حر | ḥurr | free |
| 441 | دقيقة | daqīqah | minute |
| 442 | قوي | qawī | strong |
| 443 | خاص | khāṣ | special |
| 444 | عقل | ʿaql | mind |
| 445 | خلف | khalf | behind |
| 446 | واضح | wāḍiḥ | clear |
| 447 | ذيل | dhayl | tail |
| 448 | إنتاج | intāj | produce |
| 449 | حقيقة | ḥaqīqah | fact |
| 450 | الفضاء | al-faḍā’ | space |
| 451 | سمعت | samiʿt | heard |
| 452 | أفضل | afḍal | best |
| 453 | ساعة | sāʿah | hour |
| 454 | أفضل | abṭal | better |
| 455 | صحيح | ṣaḥīḥ | true |
| 456 | خلال | khilāl | during |
| 457 | مائة | mi’ah | hundred |
| 458 | خمسة | khamsah | five |
| 459 | تذكر | tadhakkar | remember |
| 460 | خطوة | khuṭwah | step |
| 461 | في وقت مبكر | fī waqt mubakkir | early |
| 462 | عقد | ʿaqd | hold |
| 463 | غرب | gharb | west |
| 464 | أرض | arḍ | ground |
| 465 | مصلحة | maṣlaḥah | interest |
| 466 | الوصول | al-wuṣūl | reach |
| 467 | بسرعة | bisurʿah | fast |
| 468 | الفعل | al-fiʿl | verb |
| 469 | الغناء | al-ghinā’ | sing |
| 470 | استمع | istamaʿ | listen |
| 471 | ستة | sittah | six |
| 472 | الجدول | al-jadwal | table |
| 473 | السفر | al-safar | travel |
| 474 | أقل | aqall | less |
| 475 | الصباح | al-ṣabāḥ | morning |
| 476 | عشرة | ʿashrah | ten |
| 477 | بسيطة | basīṭah | simple |
| 478 | عدة | ʿiddah | several |
| 479 | حرف لين | ḥarf layyin | vowel |
| 480 | نحو | naḥw | toward |
| 481 | حرب | ḥarb | war |
| 482 | وضع | waḍaʿa | lay |
| 483 | ضد | ḍidd | against |
| 484 | نمط | namaṭ | pattern |
| 485 | بطيئة | baṭī’ah | slow |
| 486 | مركز | markaz | center |
| 487 | الحب | al-ḥubb | love |
| 488 | شخص | shakhs | person |
| 489 | المال | al-māl | money |
| 490 | خدمة | khidmah | serve |
| 491 | تظهر | taẓhar | appear |
| 492 | طريق | ṭarīq | road |
| 493 | خريطة | kharīṭah | map |
| 494 | مطر | maṭar | rain |
| 495 | حكم | ḥukm | rule |
| 496 | الحكم | al-ḥukm | govern |
| 497 | سحب | saḥab | pull |
| 498 | بارد | bārid | cold |
| 499 | إشعار | ishʿār | notice |
| 500 | صوت | ṣawt | voice |
| 501 | الطاقة | al-ṭāqah | energy |
| 502 | مطاردة | muṭāradah | hunt |
| 503 | محتمل | muḥtamal | probable |
| 504 | قاع | qāʿ | bed |
| 505 | شقيق | shaqīq | brother |
| 506 | البيض | al-bayḍ | egg |
| 507 | ركوب | rukūb | ride |
| 508 | خلية | khaliyyah | cell |
| 509 | اعتقد | iʿtaqad | believe |
| 510 | ربما | rubbamā | perhaps |
| 511 | اختيار | ikhtiyār | pick |
| 512 | مفاجئ | mufāji’ | sudden |
| 513 | عد | ʿadd | count |
| 514 | مربع | murabbaʿ | square |
| 515 | سبب | sabab | reason |
| 516 | طول | ṭūl | length |
| 517 | تمثيل | tamthīl | represent |
| 518 | فن | fann | art |
| 519 | الموضوع | al-mawḍūʿ | subject |
| 520 | منطقة | minṭaqah | region |
| 521 | حجم | ḥajm | size |
| 522 | تختلف | takhtalif | vary |
| 523 | حل | ḥall | settle |
| 524 | الكلام | al-kalām | speak |
| 525 | الوزن | al-wazn | weight |
| 526 | عام | ʿām | general |
| 527 | الجليد | al-jalīd | ice |
| 528 | مسألة | mas’alah | matter |
| 529 | دائرة | dā’irah | circle |
| 530 | زوج | zawj | pair |
| 531 | تضمن | taḍamman | include |
| 532 | الفجوة | al-fajwah | divide |
| 533 | مقطع لفظي | maqṭaʿ lafẓī | syllable |
| 534 | شعر | shaʿar | felt |
| 535 | الكبرى | al-kubrā | grand |
| 536 | كرة | kurah | ball |
| 537 | بعد | baʿd | yet |
| 538 | موجة | mawjah | wave |
| 539 | إسقاط | isqāṭ | drop |
| 540 | قلب | qalb | heart |
| 541 | صباحا | ṣabāḥan | am |
| 542 | الحاضر | al-ḥāḍir | present |
| 543 | ثقيلة | thaqīlah | heavy |
| 544 | رقص | raqṣ | dance |
| 545 | محرك | muḥarrik | engine |
| 546 | موقف | mawqif | position |
| 547 | الذراع | al-dhirāʿ | arm |
| 548 | واسع | wāsiʿ | wide |
| 549 | الشراع | al-shirāʿ | sail |
| 550 | مادة | māddah | material |
| 551 | جزء | juz’ | fraction |
| 552 | الغابات | al-ghābāt | forest |
| 553 | الجلوس | al-julūs | sit |
| 554 | سباق | sibāq | race |
| 555 | نافذة | nāfidhah | window |
| 556 | متجر | matjar | store |
| 557 | الصيف | al-ṣayf | summer |
| 558 | قطار | qiṭār | train |
| 559 | نوم | nawm | sleep |
| 560 | إثبات | ithbāt | prove |
| 561 | وحيد | waḥīd | lone |
| 562 | الساق | al-sāq | leg |
| 563 | ممارسة | mumārāsah | exercise |
| 564 | جدار | jidār | wall |
| 565 | مزلاج | mizlāj | catch |
| 566 | جبل | jabal | mount |
| 567 | رغب | raghiba | wish |
| 568 | سماء | samā’ | sky |
| 569 | مجلس الإدارة | majlis al-idārah | board |
| 570 | الفرح | al-faraḥ | joy |
| 571 | شتاء | shitā’ | winter |
| 572 | السبت | al-sabt | sat |
| 573 | مكتوبة | maktūbah | written |
| 574 | بري | barrī | wild |
| 575 | أداة | adāh | instrument |
| 576 | أبقى | abqā | kept |
| 577 | زجاج | zujāj | glass |
| 578 | العشب | al-ʿushb | grass |
| 579 | بقرة | baqarah | cow |
| 580 | العمل | al-ʿamal | job |
| 581 | حافة | ḥāfah | edge |
| 582 | علامة | ʿalāmah | sign |
| 583 | زيارة | ziyārah | visit |
| 584 | الماضي | al-māḍī | past |
| 585 | لينة | layyinah | soft |
| 586 | مرح | marḥ | fun |
| 587 | مشرق | mushriq | bright |
| 588 | الغاز | al-ghāz | gas |
| 589 | الطقس | al-ṭaqs | weather |
| 590 | شهر | shahr | month |
| 591 | مليون | milyūn | million |
| 592 | تحمل | taḥammal | bear |
| 593 | نهاية | nihāyah | finish |
| 594 | سعيدة | saʿīdah | happy |
| 595 | نأمل | na’mul | hope |
| 596 | زهرة | zahrāh | flower |
| 597 | كسا | kasā | clothe |
| 598 | غريب | gharib | strange |
| 599 | ذهب | dhahab | gone |
| 600 | تجارة | tijārah | trade |
| 601 | لحن | laḥn | melody |
| 602 | رحلة | riḥlah | trip |
| 603 | مكتب | maktab | office |
| 604 | تلقي | talaqqī | receive |
| 605 | الصف | al-ṣaff | row |
| 606 | فم | fam | mouth |
| 607 | بالضبط | bil-ḍabṭ | exact |
| 608 | رمز | ramz | symbol |
| 609 | مات | māt | die |
| 610 | الأقل | al-aqall | least |
| 611 | مشكلة | mushkilah | trouble |
| 612 | صيحة | ṣayḥah | shout |
| 613 | إلا | illā | except |
| 614 | كتب | kataba | wrote |
| 615 | بذرة | bidhrah | seed |
| 616 | نغمة | naghmah | tone |
| 617 | انضمام | inḍimām | join |
| 618 | اقترح | iqtaraḥa | suggest |
| 619 | نظيف | naẓīf | clean |
| 620 | استراحة | istirāḥah | break |
| 621 | سيدة | sayyidah | lady |
| 622 | ساحة | sāḥah | yard |
| 623 | الارتفاع | al-irtifāʿ | rise |
| 624 | سيئة | sayyi’ah | bad |
| 625 | ضربة | ḍarbah | blow |
| 626 | زيت | zayt | oil |
| 627 | الدم | al-dam | blood |
| 628 | لمس | lamasa | touch |
| 629 | نما | namā | grew |
| 630 | المائة | al-mi’ah | cent |
| 631 | مزيج | mazīj | mix |
| 632 | فريق | farīq | team |
| 633 | سلك | silk | wire |
| 634 | التكلفة | al-taklufah | cost |
| 635 | فقدت | faqadat | lost |
| 636 | أسمر | asmar | brown |
| 637 | ارتداء | irtidā’ | wear |
| 638 | حديقة | ḥadīqah | garden |
| 639 | متساو | mutasāw | equal |
| 640 | أرسلت | arsalt | sent |
| 641 | اختيار | ikhtiyār | choose |
| 642 | سقط | saqaṭa | fell |
| 643 | تناسب | tanāsab | fit |
| 644 | تدفق | tadaffuq | flow |
| 645 | عادل | ʿādil | fair |
| 646 | البنك | al-bank | bank |
| 647 | جمع | jamaʿa | collect |
| 648 | حفظ | ḥafiẓa | save |
| 649 | السيطرة | al-sayṭarah | control |
| 650 | العشري | al-ʿashrī | decimal |
| 651 | إذن | idhn | ear |
| 652 | آخر | ākhir | else |
| 653 | تماما | tamāman | quite |
| 654 | حطم | ḥaṭṭama | broke |
| 655 | حالة | ḥālah | case |
| 656 | وسط | wasaṭ | middle |
| 657 | قتل | qatala | kill |
| 658 | ابن | ibn | son |
| 659 | بحيرة | buḥayrah | lake |
| 660 | لحظة | laḥẓah | moment |
| 661 | على نطاق و | ʿalā niṭāq wāsiʿ | scale |
| 662 | بصوت عال | biṣawtin ʿālin | loud |
| 663 | الربيع | al-rabīʿ | spring |
| 664 | رصد | raṣada | observe |
| 665 | طفل | ṭifl | child |
| 666 | مباشرة | mubāsharatan | straight |
| 667 | متوافق | mutawāfiq | consonant |
| 668 | الأمة | al-ummah | nation |
| 669 | قاموس | qāmūs | dictionary |
| 670 | حليب | ḥalīb | milk |
| 671 | السرعة | al-surʿah | speed |
| 672 | طريقة | ṭarīqah | method |
| 673 | عضو | ʿuḍw | organ |
| 674 | دفع | dafaʿa | pay |
| 675 | العمر | al-ʿumr | age |
| 676 | القسم | al-qism | section |
| 677 | فستان | fustān | dress |
| 678 | سحابة | saḥābah | cloud |
| 679 | مفاجأة | mufāja’ah | surprise |
| 680 | هادئ | hādi’ | quiet |
| 681 | حجر | ḥajar | stone |
| 682 | صغير | ṣaghīr | tiny |
| 683 | تسلق | tasallaqa | climb |
| 684 | بارد | bārid | cool |
| 685 | تصميم | taṣmīm | design |
| 686 | فقير | faqīr | poor |
| 687 | الكثير | al-kathīr | lot |
| 688 | تجربة | tajribah | experiment |
| 689 | أسفل | asfal | bottom |
| 690 | مفتاح | miftāḥ | key |
| 691 | حديد | ḥadīd | iron |
| 692 | احد | aḥad | single |
| 693 | عصا | ʿaṣā | stick |
| 694 | شقة | shaqqah | flat |
| 695 | عشرون | ʿishrūn | twenty |
| 696 | الجلد | al-jild | skin |
| 697 | الابتسامة | al-ibtisāmah | smile |
| 698 | تجعد | tajʿad | crease |
| 699 | حفرة | ḥufrah | hole |
| 700 | القفزة | al-qafzah | jump |
| 701 | طفل | ṭifl | baby |
| 702 | ثمانية | thamāniyah | eight |
| 703 | قرية | qaryah | village |
| 704 | تلبية | talbiyah | meet |
| 705 | الجذر | al-jadhr | root |
| 706 | شراء | shirā’ | buy |
| 707 | رفع | rafaʿa | raise |
| 708 | حل | ḥalla | solve |
| 709 | المعادن | al-maʿādin | metal |
| 710 | سواء | sawā’ | whether |
| 711 | دفع | dafaʿa | push |
| 712 | سبعة | sabʿah | seven |
| 713 | فقرة | faqrah | paragraph |
| 714 | الثالث | al-thālith | third |
| 715 | يجب | yajibu | shall |
| 716 | عقدت | ʿuqidat | held |
| 717 | الشعر | al-shaʿr | hair |
| 718 | وصف | waṣafa | describe |
| 719 | طبخ | ṭabkha | cook |
| 720 | الطابق | al-ṭābiq | floor |
| 721 | كل | kull | either |
| 722 | نتيجة | natījah | result |
| 723 | حرق | ḥaraqa | burn |
| 724 | التل | al-till | hill |
| 725 | آمنة | āminah | safe |
| 726 | القط | al-qiṭṭ | cat |
| 727 | القرن | al-qarn | century |
| 728 | النظر | al-naẓar | consider |
| 729 | نوع | nawʿ | type |
| 730 | القانون | al-qānūn | law |
| 731 | لقمة | luqmah | bit |
| 732 | الساحل | al-sāḥil | coast |
| 733 | نسخة | nuskhah | copy |
| 734 | العبارة | al-ʿibārah | phrase |
| 735 | الصمت | al-ṣamt | silent |
| 736 | طويل | ṭawīl | tall |
| 737 | رمل | raml | sand |
| 738 | التربة | al-turbah | soil |
| 739 | لفة | laffah | roll |
| 740 | درجة الحرارة | darajat al-ḥarārah | temperature |
| 741 | إصبع | iṣbaʿ | finger |
| 742 | صناعة | ṣināʿah | industry |
| 743 | قيمة | qīmah | value |
| 744 | المعركة | al-maʿrakah | fight |
| 745 | كذبة | kidhbah | lie |
| 746 | فوز | fawz | beat |
| 747 | أثار | athāra | excite |
| 748 | طبيعي | ṭabīʿī | natural |
| 749 | رأي | ra’y | view |
| 750 | المعنى | al-maʿnā | sense |
| 751 | العاصمة | al-ʿāṣimah | capital |
| 752 | سوف لا | sawfa lā | won’t |
| 753 | كرسي | kursī | chair |
| 754 | خطر | khaṭar | danger |
| 755 | الفاكهة | al-fākihah | fruit |
| 756 | غني | ghaniyy | rich |
| 757 | سميك | samīk | thick |
| 758 | جندي | jundī | soldier |
| 759 | عملية | ʿamaliyyah | process |
| 760 | العمل | al-ʿamal | operate |
| 761 | ممارسة | mumārasa | practice |
| 762 | منفصلة | munfaṣilah | separate |
| 763 | الصعب | al-ṣaʿb | difficult |
| 764 | الطبيب | al-ṭabīb | doctor |
| 765 | الرجاء | al-rajā’ | please |
| 766 | حماية | ḥimāyah | protect |
| 767 | ظهرا | ẓuhran | noon |
| 768 | محصول | maḥṣūl | crop |
| 769 | الحديث | al-ḥadīth | modern |
| 770 | عنصر | ʿunṣur | element |
| 771 | ضرب | ḍaraba | hit |
| 772 | طالب | ṭālib | student |
| 773 | ركن | rukn | corner |
| 774 | حزب | ḥizb | party |
| 775 | تزويد | tazwīd | supply |
| 776 | الذي | alladhī | whose |
| 777 | حدد | ḥaddada | locate |
| 778 | عصابة | ʿiṣābah | ring |
| 779 | حرف | ḥarf | character |
| 780 | الحشرة | al-ḥasharah | insect |
| 781 | اشتعلت | ishtaʿalat | caught |
| 782 | فترة | fatrah | period |
| 783 | تشير | tushīr | indicate |
| 784 | راديو | rādyū | radio |
| 785 | وتحدث | wa taḥaddatha | spoke |
| 786 | ذرة | dharrah | atom |
| 787 | بشري | basharī | human |
| 788 | التاريخ | al-tārīkh | history |
| 789 | تأثير | ta’thīr | effect |
| 790 | كهربائي | kahrabā’ī | electric |
| 791 | توقع | tawakkaʿa | expect |
| 792 | العظام | al-ʿiẓām | bone |
| 793 | سكة حديدية | sikkah ḥadīdiyyah | rail |
| 794 | تخيل | takhayyala | imagine |
| 795 | توفير | tawfīr | provide |
| 796 | توافق | tawāfuq | agree |
| 797 | وبالتالي | wa bi-ttālī | thus |
| 798 | لطيف | laṭīf | gentle |
| 799 | امرأة | imra’ah | woman |
| 800 | نقيب | naqīb | captain |
| 801 | تخمين | takhmeen | guess |
| 802 | الضرورة | ad-darura | necessary |
| 803 | حاد | haad | sharp |
| 804 | جناح | janaah | wing |
| 805 | خلق | khalaq | create |
| 806 | الجيران | al-jeeran | neighbor |
| 807 | غسل | ghasal | wash |
| 808 | خفاش | khuffaash | bat |
| 809 | بالأحرى | bil-ahra | rather |
| 810 | الحشد | al-hashd | crowd |
| 811 | الذرة | adh-dhura | corn |
| 812 | مقارنة | muqarana | compare |
| 813 | قصيدة | qaseeda | poem |
| 814 | سلسلة | silsila | string |
| 815 | جرس | jaras | bell |
| 816 | تعتمد | ta‘tamid | depend |
| 817 | اللحوم | al-luhum | meat |
| 818 | فرك | fark | rub |
| 819 | أنبوب | anboob | tube |
| 820 | الشهيرة | ash-shaheera | famous |
| 821 | الدولار | ad-dollar | dollar |
| 822 | تيار | tayyar | stream |
| 823 | خوف | khawf | fear |
| 824 | مشهد | mashhad | sight |
| 825 | رقيق | raqeeq | thin |
| 826 | مثلث | muthallath | triangle |
| 827 | كوكب | kawkab | planet |
| 828 | عجل | ‘ajjal | hurry |
| 829 | رئيس | ra’eess | chief |
| 830 | مستعمرة | musta‘mara | colony |
| 831 | على مدار الساعة | ‘ala madar as-sa‘a | clock |
| 832 | منجم | manjam | mine |
| 833 | ربطة عنق | rabtat ‘unuq | tie |
| 834 | دخول | dukhool | enter |
| 835 | الرئيسية | ar-ra’eesiya | major |
| 836 | جديدة | jadeeda | fresh |
| 837 | البحث | al-bahth | search |
| 838 | إرسال | irsaal | send |
| 839 | الأصفر | al-asfar | yellow |
| 840 | بندقية | bunduqiya | gun |
| 841 | السماح | as-samah | allow |
| 842 | طباعة | tiba‘a | |
| 843 | ميت | mayyit | dead |
| 844 | بقعة | buq‘a | spot |
| 845 | صحراء | sahra’ | desert |
| 846 | دعوى | da‘wa | suit |
| 847 | التيار | at-tayyar | current |
| 848 | رفع | rafa‘a | lift |
| 849 | ارتفع | irtafa‘a | rose |
| 850 | وصول | wusool | arrive |
| 851 | سيد | sayyid | master |
| 852 | المسار | al-masaar | track |
| 853 | الأم | al-umm | parent |
| 854 | الشاطئ | ash-shati’ | shore |
| 855 | تقسيم | taqseem | division |
| 856 | ورقة | waraqah | sheet |
| 857 | مادة | maadda | substance |
| 858 | صالح | saalih | favor |
| 859 | اتصال | ittisaal | connect |
| 860 | آخر | aakhir | post |
| 861 | أنفق | anfaqa | spend |
| 862 | وتر | watar | chord |
| 863 | دهن | duhn | fat |
| 864 | سعيد | sa‘eed | glad |
| 865 | الأصلي | al-asli | original |
| 866 | حصة | hissa | share |
| 867 | محطة | mahatta | station |
| 868 | أب | ab | dad |
| 869 | الخبز | al-khubz | bread |
| 870 | تهمة | tuhama | charge |
| 871 | السليم | as-saleem | proper |
| 872 | شريط | shareet | bar |
| 873 | العرض | al-‘ard | offer |
| 874 | قطاع | qita‘ | segment |
| 875 | الرقيق | ar-raqeeq | slave |
| 876 | بط | batt | duck |
| 877 | لحظة | lahza | instant |
| 878 | سوق | sooq | market |
| 879 | درجة | daraja | degree |
| 880 | أهل | ahl | populate |
| 881 | كتكوت | katkoot | chick |
| 882 | عزيزتي | ‘azeezati | dear |
| 883 | العدو | al-‘adu | enemy |
| 884 | الرد | ar-radd | reply |
| 885 | شراب | sharaab | drink |
| 886 | تحدث | tahaddath | occur |
| 887 | دعم | da‘m | support |
| 888 | خطاب | khitaab | speech |
| 889 | الطبيعة | at-tabee‘a | nature |
| 890 | مجموعة | majmoo‘a | range |
| 891 | البخار | al-bukhaar | steam |
| 892 | الحركة | al-haraka | motion |
| 893 | مسار | masaar | path |
| 894 | السائل | as-saa’il | liquid |
| 895 | تسجيل | tasjeel | log |
| 896 | مقصود | maqsood | meant |
| 897 | حاصل | haasil | quotient |
| 898 | أسنان | asnaan | teeth |
| 899 | قذيفة | qadheefa | shell |
| 900 | الرقبة | ar-raqaba | neck |
| 901 | الأكسجين | al-uksujeen | oxygen |
| 902 | السكر | as-sukkar | sugar |
| 903 | الموت | al-mawt | death |
| 904 | جميل | jameel | pretty |
| 905 | مهارة | mahaara | skill |
| 906 | النساء | an-nisaa’ | women |
| 907 | الموسم | al-mawsim | season |
| 908 | حل | hall | solution |
| 909 | مغناطيس | mighnaatees | magnet |
| 910 | فضة | fidda | silver |
| 911 | شكرا | shukran | thank |
| 912 | فرع | far‘ | branch |
| 913 | مباراة | mubaaraah | match |
| 914 | لاحقة | laahiqa | suffix |
| 915 | خاصة | khaassa | especially |
| 916 | تين | teen | fig |
| 917 | خائف | khaa’if | afraid |
| 918 | ضخم | dhakhm | huge |
| 919 | شقيقة | shaqeeqa | sister |
| 920 | الصلب | as-sulb | steel |
| 921 | بحث | bahth | discuss |
| 922 | إلى الأمام | ila al-amaam | forward |
| 923 | مماثل | mumaathil | similar |
| 924 | توجيه | tawjeeh | guide |
| 925 | التجربة | at-tajriba | experience |
| 926 | النتيجة | an-nateejah | score |
| 927 | تفاحة | tuffaaha | apple |
| 928 | اشترى | ishtara | bought |
| 929 | أدى | adda | led |
| 930 | رمية | ramya | pitch |
| 931 | معطف | mi‘taf | coat |
| 932 | كتلة | kutla | mass |
| 933 | بطاقة | bitaaqa | card |
| 934 | فرقة | firqa | band |
| 935 | حبل | habl | rope |
| 936 | انزلاق | inzilaq | slip |
| 937 | الفوز | al-fawz | win |
| 938 | حلم | hulm | dream |
| 939 | مساء | masaa’ | evening |
| 940 | حالة | haala | condition |
| 941 | علف | ‘alaf | feed |
| 942 | أداة | adaa | tool |
| 943 | الكل | al-kull | total |
| 944 | الأساسية | al-asaasiyya | basic |
| 945 | رائحة | raa’iha | smell |
| 946 | الوادي | al-waadi | valley |
| 947 | ولا | wa laa | nor |
| 948 | ضعف | da‘f | double |
| 949 | مقعد | maq‘ad | seat |
| 950 | تواصل | tawassul | continue |
| 951 | كتلة | kutla | block |
| 952 | جدول | jadwal | chart |
| 953 | قبعة | qubba‘a | hat |
| 954 | بيع | bay‘ | sell |
| 955 | نجاح | najah | success |
| 956 | شركة | sharika | company |
| 957 | طرح | tarh | subtract |
| 958 | حدث | hadath | event |
| 959 | خاصة | khaassa | particular |
| 960 | صفقة | safqa | deal |
| 961 | السباحة | as-sibaaha | swim |
| 962 | مصطلح | mustalah | term |
| 963 | العكس | al-‘aks | opposite |
| 964 | زوجة | zawja | wife |
| 965 | حذاء | hithaa’ | shoe |
| 966 | الكتف | al-katif | shoulder |
| 967 | انتشار | intishaar | spread |
| 968 | رتب | rattab | arrange |
| 969 | مخيم | mukhayyam | camp |
| 970 | اختراع | ikhtiraa‘ | invent |
| 971 | قطن | qutn | cotton |
| 972 | الولادة | al-wilaadah | born |
| 973 | حدد | haddad | determine |
| 974 | رابعا | raabi‘an | quart |
| 975 | تسعة | tis‘a | nine |
| 976 | شاحنة | shaahina | truck |
| 977 | الضوضاء | ad-dawdhaa’ | noise |
| 978 | مستوى | mustawa | level |
| 979 | فرصة | fursa | chance |
| 980 | جمع | jam‘ | gather |
| 981 | متجر | matjar | shop |
| 982 | امتداد | imtidaad | stretch |
| 983 | رمي | ramy | throw |
| 984 | تألق | ta’allaq | shine |
| 985 | الملكية | al-milkiyya | property |
| 986 | عمود | ‘amood | column |
| 987 | جزيء | juzi’ | molecule |
| 988 | اختر | ikhtar | select |
| 989 | خاطئ | khaati’ | wrong |
| 990 | رمادي | ramaadi | gray |
| 991 | كرر | karrar | repeat |
| 992 | تتطلب | tatatalab | require |
| 993 | واسع | waasi‘ | broad |
| 994 | إعداد | i‘daad | prepare |
| 995 | ملح | milh | salt |
| 996 | الأنف | al-anf | nose |
| 997 | الجمع | al-jam‘ | plural |
| 998 | غضب | ghadhab | anger |
| 999 | مطالبة | mutaalaba | claim |
| 1000 | القارة | al-qaara | continent |
Final Thoughts: Building Your Arabic Frequency Vocabulary
Mastering the 1,000 most common Arabic words is one of the smartest ways to build a strong foundation in the language. These high-frequency words appear in nearly every conversation, book, and TV show, meaning that by learning them, you’ll understand a huge portion of everyday Arabic.
Whether you’re a beginner just starting your Arabic journey or an intermediate learner aiming to boost fluency, studying a frequency vocabulary list like this helps you focus on the words that truly matter. Try reviewing a few new words each day, using them in sentences, and listening for them in Arabic media. You’ll be surprised how quickly your comprehension improves.
Language learning isn’t just about memorization; it’s about connection. With these 1,000 essential Arabic words under your belt, you’re one step closer to understanding Arabic speakers, cultures, and stories on a deeper level. Keep practicing, stay curious, and let your frequency vocabulary guide you toward fluency.
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