Arabic for joke

harraja

ﻫَﺮَّﺝَ

joke – past tense he

yuharriju

ﻳُﻬَﺮِّﺝُ

joke – present tense he

The Arabic verb for joke is written ﻫَﺮَّﺝَ and pronunced harraja in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻬَﺮِّﺝُ and pronounced yuharriju. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻩ ﺭ ﺝ

The root of the word joke consists of three Arabic letters: ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h, ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r and jim that is written ﺝ and pronounced j. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to joke

All letters in joke

ﻫَﺮَّﺝَ

ﻫـ

ـﺮ

ﺝ

ﻫـ

ـﺮ

ﺝ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

ﺝ

ﺟـ

ـﺠـ

ـﺞ

jim

The Arabic word for joke consists of: The letter ha that is written ﻩ ( here ﻫـ ) and pronounced h and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) and pronounced r and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter jim that is written ﺝ and pronounced j and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﻫَﺮَّﺝَ and pronounced harraja.

Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for joke

fa33ala becomes harraja

We have seen that the Arabic word for joke is written ﻫَﺮَّﺝَ and pronounced harraja. It follows the pattern verb form 2. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa33ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa33ala and the root letters are h, r and j, the word becomes harraja.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns