تاريخ (tarikh) — "history" in Levantine Arabic

تاريخ

tārīx

history

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"history" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

التّاريخ

ittarīx

Moroccan Darija

تاريخ

تاريخ in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

ضحكت وقلت هلا عندي كنزة كبيرة وقطعة من التاريخ

Dehekt w qolt hala'a 'andi kanzeh kbeereh w qit'a men et tareekh

I laughed and said now I have a big sweater and a piece of history

from A Sweater and a Museum

لارا، بتعرفي ليش التاريخ مادة صعبة؟

Lara, bti'rifi lesh at-taarikh maaddeh sa'beh?

Lara, do you know why history is a difficult subject?

from History Exam and Manakish

إنشالله بتساعدنا بمشروع التاريخ الصعب.

Inshallah btisaa'idna bi-mashroo' et-taarikh es-sa'eb.

God willing, it will help us with the difficult history project.

from An Old Map in Souq al-Hamidiyyeh

ردت ليلى بخجل: أهلاً نور، عم بحضر لامتحان التاريخ بكرا.

Raddat Layla bi-khajal: Ahlan Noor, 'am bahedder la-imtihan at-taarikh bokra.

Layla replied shyly: Hello Noor, I'm preparing for the history exam tomorrow.

from The Difficult History Exam

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