Arabic for gazelle

Zaby
ﻇَﺒﻲ
gazelle – masculine singular

The Arabic word ﻇَﺒﻲ means gazelle. It is pronounced Zaby.

Category: animals
Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word gazelle consists of three Arabic letters: Za that is written and pronounced Z, beh that is written and pronounced b and ya that is written and pronounced y. Words with the same root letters are often related.

The word gazelle letter by letter

ﻇَﺒﻲ
ﻇـ
ـﺒـ
ـﻲ
 
ﻇـ
ـﺒـ
ـﻲ
 
ﻇـ
ـﻈـ
ـﻆ
ﺑـ
ـﺒـ
ـﺐ
ﻳـ
ـﻴـ
ـﻲ
 
Za
Z
beh
b
ya
y
 
 
The Arabic word for gazelle consists of: The letter Za that is written ﻅ ( here ﻇـ ) and pronounced Z 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 beh that is written ﺏ ( here ـﺒـ ) and pronounced b and is a part of the root of the word. The letter ya that is written ﻱ ( here ـﻲ ) and pronounced y and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻇَﺒﻲ and pronounced Zaby.
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 gazelle

fa3l becomes Zaby

We have seen that the Arabic word for gazelle is written ﻇَﺒﻲ and pronounced Zaby. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3l where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3l and the root letters are Z, b and y, the word becomes Zaby.
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

Words with the same pattern as gazelle