جبين
“جبين” (джабиин) — forehead in Arabic. Noun, level A2. It shades the eyes from above and warms in the frost — that is why the cap is worn "on the jabiin". In a sentence it lives as a two-word phrase: al-jabiin kabiir — "the forehead is big". In a live sentence: “الجبين بارد” — The forehead is cold. Written with the characters ج, ب, ي, ن. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Arabic | جبين |
| Read in Latin letters | джабиин |
| Translation | forehead |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
It shades the eyes from above and warms in the frost — that is why the cap is worn "on the jabiin". In a sentence it lives as a two-word phrase: al-jabiin kabiir — "the forehead is big"
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.
- الجبين باردаль-джабиин бааридThe forehead is cold
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 “forehead” in Arabic?
«جبين», read “джабиин”. In a live sentence: “الجبين بارد” — The forehead is cold. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ج, ب, ي, ن.
How is “جبين” written in Latin letters?
джабиин. 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?
It shades the eyes from above and warms in the frost — that is why the cap is worn "on the jabiin". In a sentence it lives as a two-word phrase: al-jabiin kabiir — "the forehead is big". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.