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husband in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- zawj
- Arabizi
zawj- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- أَزْوَاجٌ azwāj
- Root
- ز و ج
How to use it
"Husband" translates to زَوْج in Modern Standard Arabic. It is a masculine noun and takes the regular masculine plural أَزْوَاج. Use it when referring to a married man, not to a boyfriend or partner.
Example sentences
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هُوَ زَوْجُ سَلْمَى.
huwa zawju Salmā.
He is Salma's husband.
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زَوْجُهَا يَعْمَلُ مِهْنَةً صَعْبَةً.
zawjuhā yaʿmalu mihnatan ṣaʿbatan.
Her husband works a hard job.
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أَرْسَلْتُ هَذَا إِلَى زَوْجِي.
arsaltu hādhā ilā zawjī.
I sent this to my husband.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
He'll be a good husband.
سيكون زوجا صالحا.
Give me back my husband!
أعد إليّ زوجي!
She divorced her husband.
طلّقت زوجها.
She disliked her husband.
لم تحب زوجها.
I have an amazing husband.
لديّ زوج عجيب.
"Who's knocking?" "It's my husband!"
"من يقرع؟" "إنّه زوجي!"
Layla's husband was good friends with Salim's husband.
كان زوج ليلى صديقا مقرّبا لزوج سليمة.
Called the husband, the husband came, swaggering, politician, mobile in his hand. "Not possible."
استدعيت الزوج وأتى مختال وسياسي وحاملاً هاتفاً نقالاً بيده "مستحيل"
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
ليوف الرجل المرأة حقها الواجب وكذلك المرأة ايضا الرجل.
If the magistrate convicts the husband, he must fine and/or imprison the husband. If the husband is poor, who will pay the fine and maintenance money?
وإذا كان الزوج فقيرا، فمن أين ستتأتى أموال الغرامة أو الإعالة؟ وإذا لم يقم القاضي بإدانة الزوج، فإن هذا الزوج لا يصبح ملزما بنفقات الإعالة.
For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
فان المرأة التي تحت رجل هي مرتبطة بالناموس بالرجل الحي. ولكن ان مات الرجل فقد تحررت من ناموس الرجل.
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
فان المرأة التي تحت رجل هي مرتبطة بالناموس بالرجل الحي. ولكن ان مات الرجل فقد تحررت من ناموس الرجل.
Questions and answers
Is there a special word for a husband who is also a father?
No, the same word زَوْج is used; you can add "أَب" (father) for clarification.
Can زَوْج be used for a husband in informal speech?
Yes, زَوْج is standard and works in both formal and informal contexts.
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