قائمة التشغيل
“قائمة التشغيل” (кааʾимат ат-ташгииль) — playlist in Arabic. Noun, level A1. Literally "the list of starting": the familiar qaaʾima — a to-do list — and tashghiil — the starting. On the road the music is listened to exactly by it. In a live sentence: “قائمة التشغيل للسفر” — A playlist for the trip. Written with the characters ق, ا, ئ, م, ة, ا, ل, ت, ش, غ, ي, ل. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | قائمة التشغيل |
| Read in Latin letters | кааʾимат ат-ташгииль |
| Translation | playlist |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "the list of starting": the familiar qaaʾima — a to-do list — and tashghiil — the starting. On the road the music is listened to exactly by it
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.
- قائمة التشغيل للسفرкааʾимат ат-ташгииль ли-с-сафарA playlist for the trip
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 “playlist” in Arabic?
«قائمة التشغيل», read “кааʾимат ат-ташгииль”. In a live sentence: “قائمة التشغيل للسفر” — A playlist for the trip. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ق, ا, ئ, م, ة, ا, ل, ت, ش, غ, ي, ل.
How is “قائمة التشغيل” written in Latin letters?
кааʾимат ат-ташгииль. 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 list of starting": the familiar qaaʾima — a to-do list — and tashghiil — the starting. On the road the music is listened to exactly by it. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.