English → Arabic
lady in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- sayyida
- Arabizi
sayyida- Type
- noun · feminine
- Plural
- سَيِّدَاتٌ sayyidāt
- Root
- س ي د
Other meanings
- نِسْيَة nisyah — lady · woman, lady (general)
How to use it
"Lady" translates mainly to سَيِّدَةٌ, a respectful term for a woman, especially married or of higher status. It is feminine and takes the regular feminine endings. Use سَيِّدَةٌ in formal contexts and سَيِّدَةٌ + اسم (e.g., سَيِّدَةُ القَضِيَةِ) for titles.
Example sentences
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سَيِّدَةٌ تُحِبُّ القِرَاءَةَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
Sayyidatun tuḥibbu al-qirāʾata kulla yawmin.
A lady loves reading every day.
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قَدِمَتِ السَّيِّدَةُ إِلَى الحَفْلِ مَسَاءً.
Qadimat al-sayyidatu ilā al-ḥafli masāʾan.
The lady arrived at the party in the evening.
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هَلْ سَأَلْتَ السَّيِّدَةَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ؟
Hal saʾalta al-sayyida ʿani al-sāʿati?
Did you ask the lady about the time?
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.
Lady Jane
السيدة جين
You've got Lady Gaga.
لدينا ليدي جاجا.
Now where's the lady?
الآن أين هي السيدة؟
First Lady of Lebanon
وفاء سليمان، سيدة لبنان الأولى
An old lady sang to me.
غنت لي امراة عجوز.
Lady Macbeth of Pyongyang
ليدي ماكبث في بيونج يانج
The Iron Lady as Liberator
السيدة الحديدية التي حررتني
From Lady Di to Michelle Obama
من ليدي ديانا إلى ميشيل أوباما
“Something for the pretty lady?”
"أتريد شيئاً للسيدة الجميلة؟"
Lady lady, do not weep -- What is gone is gone. Now sleep.
سيدتي سيدتي لا تذرفي الدموع ما مضى قد مضى فاخلدي الان للنوم
They call her the "Tree Lady," but she's more than the Tree Lady.
يسمونها سيدة الشجرة، لكنها أكثر من مُسمى سيدة الشجرة.
Like Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico, Our Lady of Lourdes is a major Catholic symbol in France.
مثل السيدة غوادالوبي في المكسيك، سيدة لورد وهي من الرموز الكاثوليكية الرئيسية في فرنسا.
Questions and answers
Is سَيِّدَةٌ used for any woman?
It is polite and respectful, but for very young girls or informal settings you may use بِنْت أو فَتَاة instead.
What is the plural of سَيِّدَةٌ?
The regular feminine broken plural سَيِّدَاتٌ is used.
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