rear in Arabic: خلفي (khalfiyy) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

Other meanings

خَلْفِيّ khalfiyy — rear · located at the back

How to use it

Rear can be a noun meaning the back part of something, or an adjective meaning located at the back. In Arabic the word خلفيٌّ works for both, but for a noun you may also hear مؤخرة (muʾakhkhira).

Example sentences

الْقِطُّ يَجْلِسُ فِي الخَلْفِيِّ مِنَ الغُرْفَةِ.

al-qiṭṭu yajlisu fī al-khalfiyyi mina al-ghurfati.

The cat sits in the rear of the room.
اِسْتَعْنِفُ بِالخَلْفِيِّ مَجْلِسِ الْمَكْتَبُ

istaʿnifu bil-khalfiyyi majlis al-maktab

Use the rear seat of the office.
الخَلْفِيُّ هُوَ الجُزْءُ الأَكْثَرُ أَمْنَامُ

al-khalfiyyu huwa al-juzʾu al-ʾaktharu amnāmu

The rear is the safest part.

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.

I rear cattle.

انا اربي الماشية.

Watch the rear.

راقب الجزء الخلفي.

Car 2, Rear View

سيارة 2، المظهر الخلفي

I'm in the rear car.

انا في القاطرة الخلفية.

The rear gate was open.

كانت البوابة الخلفية مفتوحة.

I am at the rear of him.

انا بخلفه.

He attacked me from the rear.

هاجمني هو من الخلف.

The rear-view mirror fell off.

وقعت مرآة الرؤية الخلفية.

Tom glanced at the rear-view mirror.

توم القى نظرة سريعة في مرآة الرؤية الخلفية.

Watch the rear. I'll watch the front.

راقب الجزء الخلفي. ساراقب انا الجزء الامامي.

Rear end collisions often cause whiplash.

غالباً ما تسبب الاصطدامات الخلفية اصابة في الرقبة.

On 22 August 2006, Rear Adm. Iqbal was relieved by German Rear Admiral Heinrich Lange.

وفي 22 أغسطس 2006، تم استبدال لواء البحرية إقبال باللواء البحري الألماني هاينريش لانج.

Questions and answers

Is there a difference between "rear" and "back"?

Both translate to خلفيٌّ, but "back" can also be ظهر (ẓahr) for the body.

Can "rear" be used as a verb?

English "to rear" (raise) has a different Arabic verb رَبّى (rabbā).