تلفاز
“تلفاز” (тильфааз) — the television in Arabic. Noun, level A1. An international word in Arabic dress. Television as a phenomenon is the same word, at-tilfaaz — the article and the context tell them apart. In a live sentence: “التلفاز في الغرفة الصغيرة” — The television is in the small room. Written with the characters ت, ل, ف, ا, ز. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | تلفاز |
| Read in Latin letters | тильфааз |
| Translation | the television |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
An international word in Arabic dress. Television as a phenomenon is the same word, at-tilfaaz — the article and the context tell them apart
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.
- التلفاز في الغرفة الصغيرةат-тильфааз фи аль-гурфа ас-сагиираThe television is in the small room
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 television” in Arabic?
«تلفاز», read “тильфааз”. In a live sentence: “التلفاز في الغرفة الصغيرة” — The television is in the small room. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ت, ل, ف, ا, ز.
How is “تلفاز” written in Latin letters?
тильфааз. 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?
An international word in Arabic dress. Television as a phenomenon is the same word, at-tilfaaz — the article and the context tell them apart. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.