املأ الاستمارة
“املأ الاستمارة” (амляʾ аль-истимаара) — fill in the form in Arabic. Phrase, level A2. Amlaʾ — fill in: from "fullness" — the form is filled to the brim. The form is istimaara, and at the bank and at the hospital it is handed out at the window together with the pen. In a live sentence: “املأ الاستمارة, من فضلك” — Fill in the form, please. Written with the characters ا, م, ل, أ, ا, ل, ا, س, ت, م, ا, ر…
In short
| Written in Arabic | املأ الاستمارة |
| Read in Latin letters | амляʾ аль-истимаара |
| Translation | fill in the form |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Amlaʾ — fill in: from "fullness" — the form is filled to the brim. The form is istimaara, and at the bank and at the hospital it is handed out at the window together with the pen
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.
- املأ الاستمارة, من فضلكамляʾ аль-истимаара, мин фадликFill in the form, please
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 “fill in the form” in Arabic?
«املأ الاستمارة», read “амляʾ аль-истимаара”. In a live sentence: “املأ الاستمارة, من فضلك” — Fill in the form, please. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ا, م, ل, أ, ا, ل, ا, س, ت, م, ا, ر…
How is “املأ الاستمارة” written in Latin letters?
амляʾ аль-истимаара. 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?
Amlaʾ — fill in: from "fullness" — the form is filled to the brim. The form is istimaara, and at the bank and at the hospital it is handed out at the window together with the pen. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.