بودكاست
“بودكاست” (будкаст) — a podcast in Arabic. Noun, level B1. An English word that Arabic has already adopted and writes in its own letters — budkaast. There are many podcasts in the Arabic-language internet, and it is one of the best ways to listen to the language. In a live sentence: “بودكاست عن التاريخ أسمعه كل أسبوع” — I listen to a history podcast every week. Written with the characters ب, و, د, ك, ا, س, ت.
In short
| Written in Arabic | بودكاست |
| Read in Latin letters | будкаст |
| Translation | a podcast |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
An English word that Arabic has already adopted and writes in its own letters — budkaast. There are many podcasts in the Arabic-language internet, and it is one of the best ways to listen to the language
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.
- بودكاست عن التاريخ أسمعه كل أسبوعбудкаст ʿан ат-таарих асмаʿуху куль усбууʿI listen to a history podcast every week
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 “a podcast” in Arabic?
«بودكاست», read “будкаст”. In a live sentence: “بودكاست عن التاريخ أسمعه كل أسبوع” — I listen to a history podcast every week. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ب, و, د, ك, ا, س, ت.
How is “بودكاست” written in Latin letters?
будкаст. 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?
An English word that Arabic has already adopted and writes in its own letters — budkaast. There are many podcasts in the Arabic-language internet, and it is one of the best ways to listen to the language. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.