مجاور
“مجاور” (муджаавир) — neighbouring in Arabic. Adjective, level A2. From the familiar jaar — a neighbour: "neighbouring" is the same root. The adjective follows the thing and takes the article when the thing is defined: al-bayt al-mujaawir. In a live sentence: “يسكن في البيت المجاور” — He lives in the neighbouring house. Written with the characters م, ج, ا, و, ر. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Arabic | مجاور |
| Read in Latin letters | муджаавир |
| Translation | neighbouring |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
From the familiar jaar — a neighbour: "neighbouring" is the same root. The adjective follows the thing and takes the article when the thing is defined: al-bayt al-mujaawir
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.
- يسكن في البيت المجاورйаскуну фи аль-бейт аль-муджаавирHe lives in the neighbouring house
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 “neighbouring” in Arabic?
«مجاور», read “муджаавир”. In a live sentence: “يسكن في البيت المجاور” — He lives in the neighbouring house. Adjective, level A2; written with the characters م, ج, ا, و, ر.
How is “مجاور” written in Latin letters?
муджаавир. 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?
From the familiar jaar — a neighbour: "neighbouring" is the same root. The adjective follows the thing and takes the article when the thing is defined: al-bayt al-mujaawir. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.