English → Arabic
imagination in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- ḵayāl
- Arabizi
5yal- Type
- noun · masculine
Other meanings
- تَخَيُّل taḵayyu — imagination · an act of imagination; an imaginary concept or image.
How to use it
The word 'ḵayāl' (خيال) is the most common translation for imagination. It can refer to the faculty itself or to the products of imagination, like fantasies or images. 'Taḵayyu' (تخيل) often refers to the act of imagining.
Example sentences
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لِلطِّفْلِ خَيَالٌ وَاسِعٌ جِدًّا.
liṭ-ṭifli ḵayālun wāsiʿun jiddan.
The child has a very wide imagination.
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يَحْتَاجُ الْفَنُّ إِلَى الْخَيَالِ لِلْإِبْدَاعِ.
yaḥtāju l-fannu ʾilā l-ḵayāli lil-ʾibdāʿi.
Art needs imagination for creativity.
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كَانَ تَخَيُّلُهُ لِلْمُسْتَقْبَلِ مُشْرِقًا.
kāna taḵayyluhu lil-mustaqbali mušriqan.
His imagination of the future was bright.
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.
So it’s a leap of imagination.
إذاً فهي قفزة في الخيال.
The Crisis of Fiscal Imagination
أزمة الخيال المالي
The Global Imagination of Protest
الاحتجاج والخيال العالمي
Jay Walker's library of human imagination
مكتبة جاي ووكر لخيال الإنسان
Knowing is nothing, imagination is everything.
المعرفة لا تمثل شيئا، و الخيال هو كل شيء.
Andrew Bird's one-man orchestra of the imagination
اندرو بيرد و اوركيستراه الفردية للخيال
And one must admire the imagination of John Locke.
ويجب علينا إحترام خيال جون لوكاى.
And that’s really what discovery and imagination is all about.
وهذا كل ما تدور حوله الإكتشافات والخيال.
This world was actually extracted from the player's imagination.
هذا العالم تم استخراجه من خيال اللاعب.
Tom doesn't know the difference between reality and imagination.
يجهل "توم" الفرق بين الحقيقة و الخيال
Imagination, vision, and pragmatic perseverance will be necessary.
والأمر يتطلب قدراً عظيماً من الخيال والبصيرة الثاقبة والمثابرة العملية.
What are the ingredients? Imagination, playfulness, novelty, curiosity, mystery.
ما هي المكونات؟ التخيلات، المرح، التجديد، الفضول، الغموض.
Questions and answers
What's the difference between 'ḵayāl' and 'taḵayyu'?
'ḵayāl' is the noun for the general concept of imagination, while 'taḵayyu' is the verbal noun for the act of imagining something.
Can 'ḵayāl' be used for something unreal?
Yes, 'ḵayāl' can refer to something imaginary or unreal, like a fantasy or a dream.
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