Exercise One — Recognizing Masculine and Feminine (Part Three)

Masculine and Feminine Exercises

● Learn the gender and English meaning of each word:

Arabic word
English meaning
Gender/category

مِرْوَحَةٌ
fan
marked feminine

كُرَّاسَةٌ
notebook/register
marked feminine

مِفْتَاحٌ
key
masculine

بَابٌ
door
masculine

نَافِذَةٌ
window
marked feminine

لِسَانٌ
tongue
masculine

اِمْرَأَةٌ
woman
natural feminine

عُمَرُ
ʿUmar
masculine (a man's name)

زَيْنَبُ
Zaynab
natural feminine

خَلِيفَةٌ
caliph
masculine (a description of a man)