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Level B2
Banking & Investment
10 words · ~15 min
Grammar focus
Financial terminology and nominal sentences for describing economic conditions
Cultural note
Islamic banking (المصرفية الإسلامية) prohibits interest (ربا) and has developed alternative financial instruments like مضاربة and مرابحة.
Lesson overview
Banking & Investment is a level B2 lesson of 10 words: 6 nouns and 4 verbs. Its words come from 7 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.
- Builds on: Business & Trade (B2)
- Leads to: Economic Policy (B2)
Word list
| Arabic | Meaning | Type | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
نِيَابَة عَامَّة niyāba ʿāmma | public prosecution | noun | ن-و-ب / ع-م-م |
اِسْتِئْنَاف istiʾnāf | appeal (legal) | noun | أ-ن-ف |
مُتَّهَم muttaham | defendant / accused | noun | و-ه-م |
اِقْتِصَاد iqtiṣād | economy / economics | noun | ق-ص-د |
خَصْخَصَة khaṣkhaṣa | privatization | noun | خ-ص-ص |
اِسْتَأْنَفَ istaʾnafa | to appeal / to resume | verb | أ-ن-ف |
أَدانَ adāna | to convict / to condemn | verb | د-ي-ن |
صادَرَ ṣādara | to confiscate / to seize | verb | ص-د-ر |
اِحْتَالَ iḥtāla | to commit fraud / to swindle | verb | ح-ي-ل |
رَهْن rahn | mortgage / collateral | noun | ر-ه-ن |
Themes these words belong to: Law Economics (10)
Sample word cards
نِيَابَة عَامَّة
niyāba ʿāmma
public prosecution
اِسْتِئْنَاف
istiʾnāf
appeal (legal)
مُتَّهَم
muttaham
defendant / accused
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