المستلم
“المستلم” (аль-мусталим) — the recipient in Arabic. Noun, level B1. A participle of istalama, "to receive": the recipient is "the taking one". The sender is mursil, "the sending one" — on a parcel both names stand side by side. In a live sentence: “اسم المستلم على العلبة خطأ” — The recipient's name on the box is wrong. Written with the characters ا, ل, م, س, ت, ل, م. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | المستلم |
| Read in Latin letters | аль-мусталим |
| Translation | the recipient |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
A participle of istalama, "to receive": the recipient is "the taking one". The sender is mursil, "the sending one" — on a parcel both names stand side by side
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- اسم المستلم على العلبة خطأисм аль-мусталим ʿаля аль-ʿульба хатаThe recipient's name on the box is wrong
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “the recipient” in Arabic?
«المستلم», read “аль-мусталим”. In a live sentence: “اسم المستلم على العلبة خطأ” — The recipient's name on the box is wrong. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ا, ل, م, س, ت, ل, م.
How is “المستلم” written in Latin letters?
аль-мусталим. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
A participle of istalama, "to receive": the recipient is "the taking one". The sender is mursil, "the sending one" — on a parcel both names stand side by side. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.