خط النهاية
“خط النهاية” (хатт ан-нихая) — the finish line in Arabic. Noun, level A2. Literally "the line of the end": nihaaya, "an end", is the word from "to the end of the street". From start to finish — two lines, and Arabic names them equally simply. In a live sentence: “خط النهاية عند المدخل الرئيسي” — The finish line is at the main entrance. Written with the characters خ, ط, ا, ل, ن, ه, ا, ي, ة. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Arabic | خط النهاية |
| Read in Latin letters | хатт ан-нихая |
| Translation | the finish line |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the line of the end": nihaaya, "an end", is the word from "to the end of the street". From start to finish — two lines, and Arabic names them equally simply
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.
- خط النهاية عند المدخل الرئيسيхатт ан-нихая ʿинд аль-мадхаль ар-раисийThe finish line is at the main entrance
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 finish line” in Arabic?
«خط النهاية», read “хатт ан-нихая”. In a live sentence: “خط النهاية عند المدخل الرئيسي” — The finish line is at the main entrance. Noun, level A2; written with the characters خ, ط, ا, ل, ن, ه, ا, ي, ة.
How is “خط النهاية” written in Latin letters?
хатт ан-нихая. 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?
Literally "the line of the end": nihaaya, "an end", is the word from "to the end of the street". From start to finish — two lines, and Arabic names them equally simply. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.