Media Headline

Media Headline

85 words

The vocabulary you need to decode Al Jazeera headlines: statements, talks, crises, agreements, conflicts, and the verbs behind them. You’ll also see how long Arabic patterns grow out of the root so the abstract stuff starts to click.

WORDMEANING
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تَصْرِيحٌtaṣrīḥun
statement
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أَزْمَةٌazmatun
crisis
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اِتِّفَاقٌittifāqun
agreement
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صِرَاعٌṣirāʿun
conflict
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تَطَوَّرَtaṭawwara
develop
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أَثَّرَaththara
affect
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دَوْلِيٌّdawliyyun
international
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عُنْوَانٌʿunwānun
headline
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خَبَرٌkhabarun
news
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تَقْرِيرٌtaqrīrun
report
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نَشْرَةٌnashratun
bulletin
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تَغْطِيَةٌtaghṭiyatun
coverage
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مَصْدَرٌmaṣdarun
source
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مُرَاسِلٌmurāsilun
correspondent
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مُحَلِّلٌmuḥallil
analyst
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مُتَحَدِّثٌmutaḥaddithun
spokesperson
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بَيَانٌbayānun
communique
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إِعْلَانٌiʿlānun
announcement
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تَأْكِيدٌtaʾkīdun
confirmation
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نَفَىnafā
deny
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أَكَّدَakkada
confirm
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أَعْلَنَaʿlana
announce
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صَرَّحَṣarraḥa
declare
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ذَكَرَdhakara
mention
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أَشَارَashāra
indicate
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اِجْتَمَعَijtamaʿa
meet
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تَفَاوَضَtafāwaḍa
negotiate
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وَقَّعَwaqqaʿa
sign
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صَادَقَṣādaqa
befriend
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تَوَصَّلَtawaṣṣala
reach
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ٱنْهَارَnhāra
collapse
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تَصَاعَدَtaṣāʿada
escalate
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تَدَهْوُرٌtadahwur
deterioration
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اِسْتَقَرَّistaqarra
stabilize
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اِنْدَلَعَindalaʿa
break out
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اِشْتَبَكَishtabaka
clash
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هَاجَمَhājama
attack
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قَصَفَqaṣafa
shell
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اِسْتَهْدَفَistahdafa
target
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اِعْتَقَلَiʿtaqala
arrest
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أَفْرَجَafraja
release
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اِنْسَحَبَinsaḥaba
withdraw
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اِنْضَمَّinḍamma
join
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دَعَاdaʿā
call for
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طَالَبَṭālaba
demand
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حَذَّرَḥadhdhara
warn
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أَدَانَadāna
condemn
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رَحَّبَraḥḥaba
welcome
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دَعَمَdaʿama
support
50
نَزَاعٌnazāʿun
dispute
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مُوَاجَهَةٌmuwājahatun
confrontation
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تَصْعِيدٌtaṣʿīdun
escalation
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هُدْنَةٌhudnatun
truce
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وِفَاقٌwifāqun
accord
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خِلَافٌkhilāfun
disagreement
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تَوَتُّرٌtawatturun
tension
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ضَغْطٌḍaghṭun
pressure
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نُفُوذٌnufūdhun
influence
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اِسْتِثْمَارٌistithmārun
investment
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مُبَادَرَةٌmubādaratun
initiative
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تَسْوِيَةٌtaswiyatun
settlement
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تَحَالُفٌtaḥālufun
alliance
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اِئْتِلَافٌiʾtilāf
coalition
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مِنَصَّةٌminaṣṣatun
platform
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قَنَاةٌqanātun
channel
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مَقْطَعٌmaqṭaʿun
clip
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لِقَاءٌliqāʾun
interview
68
تَحْقِيقٌtaḥqīqun
investigation
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اِسْتِطْلَاعٌistiṭlāʿun
survey
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اِقْتِصَادِيٌّiqtiṣādiyyun
economic
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سِيَاسِيٌّsiyāsiyyun
political
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عَسْكَرِيٌّʿaskariyyun
military
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إِنْسَانِيٌّinsāniyy
humanitarian
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إِقْلِيمِيٌّiqlīmiyy
regional
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رَسْمِيٌّrasmiyyun
official
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مُشْتَرَكٌmushtarakun
joint
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عَاجِلٌʿājilun
urgent
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مُتَوَاصِلٌmutawāṣilun
continuous
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اِسْتَنْكَرَistankara
object to
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اِسْتَبْعَدَistabʿada
rule out
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اِسْتَأْنَفَistaʾnafa
resume
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اِعْتَبَرَiʿtabara
consider
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اِرْتَفَعَirtafaʿa
rise
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اِنْخَفَضَinkhafaḍa
decrease
85
شَهِدَshahida
witness

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