recovery in Arabic: تعافٍ (taʿāfī) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

Other meanings

اِسْتِعَادَة istiʿādah — recovery · the act of getting back something that was lost or stolen
اِسْتِجْلَاب istijlāb — recovery · the retrieval of data or information

How to use it

The most common Arabic word for 'recovery' related to health is 'taʿāfī' (تعافٍ). For getting something back, like lost items or data, 'istiʿādah' (استعادة) is used. The root of 'taʿāfī' relates to health and well-being, while 'istiʿādah' relates to returning or bringing back.

Example sentences

يحتاج المريض وقتًا للتعافي بعد العملية.

yaḥtāju al-maṛīḍ waqtan li-t-taʿāfī baʿda al-ʿamaliyyah.

The patient needs time for recovery after the surgery.
تمت استعادة الملفات المحذوفة بنجاح.

tammat istiʿādat al-milaffāt al-maḥḏūfah bi-najāḥ.

The deleted files were recovered successfully.
بدأت عملية التعافي الاقتصادي بعد الأزمة.

badaʾat ʿamaliyyat at-taʿāfī al-iqtiṣādī baʿda al-ʾazmah.

The economic recovery process began after the crisis.

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.

Recovery

كاف - الاسترجاع

Asset recovery

استرداد الموجودات

Obama’s Recovery?

التعافي على يد أوباما؟

Economic recovery

تاسعا - الانتعاش الاقتصادي

Disaster recovery

خامس عشر استعادة القدرة على العمل بعد حدوث كوارث

There is recovery.

يوجد هناك تعافى.

A Jobless Recovery?

انتعاش بلا وظائف

Recovery of payments

استرداد المبالغ المسددة

Recovery, Interrupted

التعافي معطلاً

America’s Risky Recovery

التعافي الأميركي المحفوف بالمخاطر

Irish recovery cannot occur without European recovery.

إن تعافي الاقتصاد الأيرلندي من غير الممكن أن يحدث في غياب التعافي الأوروبي.

Economic recovery is not stellar, but it is a recovery nonetheless.

لم يكن التعافي الاقتصادي ممتازا، ولكن هناك تعاف على أية حال.

Questions and answers

What's the difference between 'taʿāfī' and 'šifāʾ'?

'Taʿāfī' (تعافٍ) is the process of recovery, getting better. 'Šifāʾ' (شفاء) is the cure or healing itself, the state of being healed.

Can 'istiʿādah' be used for recovering from illness?

While 'taʿāfī' is preferred for health recovery, 'istiʿādah' can sometimes be used metaphorically, but 'taʿāfī' is more precise in a medical context.