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movement in Arabic

حَرَكَة
Pronunciation
ḥarakah
Arabizi
7araka
Type
noun · feminine
Plural
حَرَكَاتٌ ḥarakāt
Root
ح ر ك

How to use it

"Movement" (ḥarakah) can refer to a physical motion or to a social/ artistic trend. It is a feminine noun; its plural is ḥarakāt. When speaking about a specific movement, use the definite article al-ḥarakah.

Example sentences

  • حَرَكَةُ السَّيَّارَةِ سَريعةٌ.

    ḥarakat al-sayyāra sarīʿah.

    The movement of the car is fast.

  • انضمَّتُ إلى حَرَكَةِ البيئةِ.

    inḍammahtu ilā ḥarakati al-bīʾah.

    I joined the environmental movement.

  • حَرَكَةُ الأيدي تُحَسِّنُ التوازنَ.

    ḥarakat al-aydi tuḥassin al-tawāzun.

    Hand movement improves balance.

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.

Movement

قسم مراقبة التحركات

Movement Control

السنغال

Non-Aligned Movement

حركة عدم الانحياز

Movement Control Section

وحدة الوقود

Source: Cartoon Movement Blog.

المصدر: مدونة Cartoon Movement.

Europe’s Movement Against Moving

تحرك اوروبا ضد حرية التنقل

# Treatment of movement disorders.

# علاج اضطرابات الحركة.

This movement may well have been the largest single movement of civilians in history prior to 1947.

ربما هذه الحركة بشكل جيد وكانت أكبر حركة واحدة للمدنيين في تاريخها قبل عام 1947.

The Indian independence movement was a mass-based movement that encompassed various sections of society.

كانت حركة الاستقلال الهندية حركة قوامها الشعب وشملت مختلف طوائف المجتمع.

The movement goes by the name of Forza d'Urto ("shock force"), better known as "the Pitchforks Movement".

اتخذت حركة الاحتجاج اسم فورزا دورتو أي قوة الصدمة، لكنها اشتهرت باسم "حركة بيتشفوركس" أو الشوكة.

The subsequent movement gained momentum and came to be known simply as the "Hirak", Arabic for "movement".

وحققت الاحتجاجات اللاحقة زخمًا، عُرفت باسم بسيط ”الحراك“.

(d) Rebel armed groups. They include forces of the Sudan Liberation Movement, the Justice and Equality Movement and the Movement for Reform and Development.

(د) جماعات التمرد المسلحة، التي تشمل قوات حركة تحرير السودان، وحركة العدل والمساواة، وحركة الإصلاح والتنمية.

Questions and answers

Is "movement" always physical?

No, it also means a social or artistic trend, like the "civil rights movement".

How to say "movement of the hand"?

Use "حركة اليد" (ḥarakat al-yad).

Related words and expressions

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