كراء السيارات
“كراء السيارات” (кирааʾ ас-саййаараат) — car rental in Arabic. Noun, level A1. Taajiir is taken by the car rental for you, iijaar by the rent; on the rental signs one more often sees kiraaʾ. The cars are in the plural. In a live sentence: “كراء السيارات غالي” — The car rental is expensive. Written with the characters ك, ر, ا, ء, ا, ل, س, ي, ا, ر, ا, ت. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | كراء السيارات |
| Read in Latin letters | кирааʾ ас-саййаараат |
| Translation | car rental |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Taajiir is taken by the car rental for you, iijaar by the rent; on the rental signs one more often sees kiraaʾ. The cars are in the plural
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.
- كراء السيارات غاليкирааʾ ас-саййаараат гаалиThe car rental is expensive
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 “car rental” in Arabic?
«كراء السيارات», read “кирааʾ ас-саййаараат”. In a live sentence: “كراء السيارات غالي” — The car rental is expensive. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ك, ر, ا, ء, ا, ل, س, ي, ا, ر, ا, ت.
How is “كراء السيارات” written in Latin letters?
кирааʾ ас-саййаараат. 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?
Taajiir is taken by the car rental for you, iijaar by the rent; on the rental signs one more often sees kiraaʾ. The cars are in the plural. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.