Arabic Language Quiz Questions With Answers

Here at Belaraby Apps we bring you quiz questions about the Arabic language along with their answers. Let’s get to know more about the secrets of our Arabic language together, in a question-and-answer format for competitions, to celebrate World Arabic Language Day, celebrated every December 18.

Quiz Questions About the Arabic Language With Answers

A variety of quiz questions for both grown-ups and kids in a question-and-answer format, so we can sail together through the secrets of the language of Dhad and the beauty of its vocabulary — for a single word can carry a hundred meanings. These are questions and answers about the Arabic language covering grammar, poetry and the meanings of words.

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* What is the longest word in the Arabic language?

• The longest word in Arabic is “fa-asqaynaakumuuh” (فأسقيناكموه — “so We gave it to you to drink”), made up of 11 letters. If we add the vowel marks (harakat), it becomes 16 letters and marks; it is also the longest word in the Qur’an.

* Which countries in the world speak Arabic as a first or second official language?

• Arabic is an official language in every country of the Arab world, in addition to Chad, Eritrea and Palestine,
  and it is taught formally or informally in all the Islamic countries of the world and across Muslim communities.

* Where does the Arabic language rank among the world’s languages?

• The Arabic language is the fourth most widely used among the world’s top ten languages.

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Question: What does the word “Pharaoh” (فرعون — fir’awn) mean in Arabic?

• Answer: “The Great House.”

Illustrated Stories for Kids About the Beauty of the Arabic Language

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* Which non-Arab countries have adopted Arabic as an official language?

• Eritrea, Pakistan, Chad, the Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Gambia, Senegal and Mali.

* Which international organizations use Arabic as an official language?

• Arabic is one of the six official languages of the United Nations,
  and of its related international organizations, as well as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), the Organization of African Unity, and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

* How many Arabic speakers are there in the world?

• The number of Arabic speakers in the Arab world is more than several hundred million people, not counting Muslim speakers in other parts of the world.

* How many sounds are there in the Arabic language?

• The Arabic language has 38 sounds: 28 consonant letters, 3 short vowels (damma, fatha, kasra) and 3 long vowels (the long alif, waw and ya).

* What is the difference between a “mu’jam” and a “qamus” (both meaning “dictionary”)?

• The “mu’jam” (معجم) is more general and comprehensive in language, whereas the term “qamus” (قاموس) is used for word dictionaries, as is the case in other languages.

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Questions and Answers About the Arabic Language for the School Radio Show

Question: What is the Arabic language nicknamed, and why?

• Answer: “The language of Dhad” (لغة الضاد — lughat al-Dhad). It carries this nickname because the letter Dhad (ض) has no equivalent in other languages, making it a unique letter distinctive to Arabic.

Question: Which poet was killed because of poetry?

• Answer: The poet Al-Mutanabbi, known by the nickname Abu Al-Tayyib.

Question: What does the word “doctor” mean?

• Answer: The word “doctor” is a Latin word meaning “engineer” or “teacher.”

Question: Who wrote the oldest book on the science of grammar?

• Answer: Sibawayh (the foremost imam of grammarians).

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Questions and Answers About the Arabic Language

The Arabic language is one of the pillars of humanity’s cultural diversity. It is one of the most widespread and most used languages in the world.

* What is a group of horses called?

• A “ra’eel” (رعيل).

* What does the word “Iraq” (العراق) mean?

• The shore of water.

* What does the name of the country Spain (إسبانيا) mean?

• The land of rabbits.

* What is the oldest of the Arabic scripts?

• The Kufic script (الخط الكوفي — al-khatt al-kufi).

* When did the Arabs come to know writing?

• Since the third century CE.

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* How many words are there in the Arabic language?

• The Arabic language has 12,302,912 words.

* How many meanings does “min” (مَن) have?

• Five meanings:
  – The conditional “man”: “Whoever works hard succeeds” (من يجتهد ينجح).
  – The relative “man,” meaning “the one who”: “Pray for the one who raised you” (ادعُ لمن ربّاك).
  – The interrogative “man,” asking about the subject: “Who took the book?” (من أخذ الكتاب؟).
  – “Man” as a description of an indefinite noun: “Yesterday I met someone who impressed you” (قابلت من أعجبك أمس).
  – In a style of praise: “ونعم مَنْ هو في سرٍّ وإعلانٍ” meaning “and what an excellent person he is.”
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* What is the difference between “wasaT” (وَسَط) and “wasT” (وَسْط)?

• “WasaT” is a fully declinable noun that takes the nominative, accusative or genitive case according to its position in the sentence. “WasT,” however, is an adverb that is always in the accusative, for example: “I saw him in the middle of (wasTa) the room” and “I planted a palm tree in the middle of (wasTa) the garden.”

* What is the first modern dictionary of the Arabic language?

• It is the “Muheet al-Muheet” dictionary.

* What is the best dictionary for non-native learners of Arabic?

• “The Student’s Contextual Dictionary” (Mu’jam al-Talib al-Siyaqi) by Mahmoud Ismail Sini and Yusuf Haymour.

* What are the hardest plurals in the Arabic language?

• They are the plurals that follow no fixed rule, usually broken plurals (jam’ taksir), such as:

daa’ – adwaa’ (داء – أدواء) —– khaleel – akhillaa’ (خليل – أخلّاء) —– ‘andaleeb – ‘anaadil and ‘anaadeeb (عندليب – عنادل وعناديب) — ukhtubuT – akhaaTib (اخطبوط – أخاطب) —– dalw – dilaa’ (دلو – دلاء) ——– nahaar – nuhur (نهار – نُهُر)

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* The hardest question in Arabic: Give a sentence that is correct in meaning and wording in which the “haal” (circumstantial accusative) appears in the nominative with a visible damma.

• The “haal” is always in the accusative; however, the word “haal” itself appears in the nominative in the verse by Ibn Malik:

“الحالُ وصفٌ فضلةٌ منتصبُ ** مفهِمٌ في حالٍ كفرداً أذهبُ” (“The haal is a non-essential adjective in the accusative, clarifying a circumstance, as in ‘I go alone’.”)

* To which language family does Arabic belong?

• The Semitic languages.

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Strengthen your child’s love of the Arabic language and encourage them to use it through questions and answers about the Arabic language for kids.