رقم قياسي
“رقم قياسي” (ракм гиясий) — a record in Arabic. Noun, level B1. Literally "a measurement number": raqm, "a number", you had on the bus routes; qiyaas is "measurement". A record is not a count of wins but a "measure" nobody has reached yet. In a live sentence: “رقم قياسي جديد في السباحة هذا العام” — A new record in swimming this year. Written with the characters ر, ق, م, ق, ي, ا, س, ي. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | رقم قياسي |
| Read in Latin letters | ракм гиясий |
| Translation | a record |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "a measurement number": raqm, "a number", you had on the bus routes; qiyaas is "measurement". A record is not a count of wins but a "measure" nobody has reached yet
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.
- رقم قياسي جديد في السباحة هذا العامракм гиясий джадиид фи ас-сибааха хаза аль-ʿаамA new record in swimming this year
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 “a record” in Arabic?
«رقم قياسي», read “ракм гиясий”. In a live sentence: “رقم قياسي جديد في السباحة هذا العام” — A new record in swimming this year. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ر, ق, م, ق, ي, ا, س, ي.
How is “رقم قياسي” written in Latin letters?
ракм гиясий. 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 "a measurement number": raqm, "a number", you had on the bus routes; qiyaas is "measurement". A record is not a count of wins but a "measure" nobody has reached yet. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.