فرز
“فرز” (фарз) — to sort in Arabic. Verb, level B1. The doubled r: "sorted"; the noun of action — "sorting". "Sorting the waste" is a duty in many homes. In a live sentence: “نفرز النفايات في البيت” — We sort the waste at home. Written with the characters ف, ر, ز. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | فرز |
| Read in Latin letters | фарз |
| Translation | to sort |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The doubled r: "sorted"; the noun of action — "sorting". "Sorting the waste" is a duty in many homes
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.
- نفرز النفايات في البيتнафруз ан-нафайаат фи аль-бейтWe sort the waste at home
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 “to sort” in Arabic?
«فرز», read “фарз”. In a live sentence: “نفرز النفايات في البيت” — We sort the waste at home. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ف, ر, ز.
How is “فرز” written in Latin letters?
фарз. 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?
The doubled r: "sorted"; the noun of action — "sorting". "Sorting the waste" is a duty in many homes. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.