← All lessons
Level B2
Business & Trade
10 words · ~15 min
Grammar focus
Commercial vocabulary and Form III transactional verbs (بايَعَ، صادَرَ، صدَّرَ)
Cultural note
The Arab world has been a crossroads of trade for millennia, from the ancient incense route to modern petroleum exports.
Lesson overview
Business & Trade is a level B2 lesson of 10 words: 9 nouns and 1 adjective. Its words come from 5 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.
- Builds on: Crime & Justice (B2)
- Leads to: Banking & Investment (B2)
Word list
| Arabic | Meaning | Type | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
فَائِدَة fāʾida | interest (financial) / benefit | noun | ف-ي-د |
دَيْن dayn | debt | noun | د-ي-ن |
مِيزَانِيَّة mīzāniyya | budget | noun | و-ز-ن |
اِحْتِكَار iḥtikār | monopoly | noun | ح-ك-ر |
إِفْلَاس iflās | bankruptcy | noun | ف-ل-س |
قَرْض qarḍ | loan | noun | ق-ر-ض |
جُمْرُكِيّ jumrukiyy | customs-related / tariff | adjective | |
تَعْوِيض taʿwīḍ | compensation / indemnity | noun | ع-و-ض |
بَرَاءَة اِخْتِرَاع barāʾat ikhtirāʿ | patent | noun | ب-ر-أ / خ-ر-ع |
حُكْم ḥukm | verdict / ruling / judgment | noun | ح-ك-م |
Themes these words belong to: Law Economics (10)
Sample word cards
فَائِدَة
fāʾida
interest (financial) / benefit
دَيْن
dayn
debt
مِيزَانِيَّة
mīzāniyya
budget
Exercises and spaced review for all 10 words
"Business & Trade" is one of 144 vocabulary lessons in Fahm Premium, each with guided exercises and spaced-repetition review. The first 10 lessons are free to try.
Free sample lessons stay free forever, and the whole dictionary, root explorer, conjugation tables and review queue are free for everyone.