English → Arabic
sled in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- mizlaj
- Arabizi
mizlaj- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- مِزْلَجَاتٌ mizlajāt
- Root
- م ز ل ج
How to use it
A sled is a simple vehicle that slides on snow, usually pulled or pushed. It is common in winter sports and children’s play. In Arabic, the word مِزْلَجٌ is used for both the toy and the larger sleds used for transport.
Example sentences
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أَطْلَقْتُ المِزْلَجَ فِي الثَّلْجِ.
aṭlaqtu al-mizlaja fī al-thalji.
I pushed the sled in the snow.
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الأَوْلَادُ يَلْعَبُونَ بِالمِزْلَجِ فِي الحَدِيقَةِ.
al-awlādu yalʿabūna bil-mizlaji fī al-ḥadīqati.
The children are playing with the sled in the park.
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تَأَكَّدْ أَنَّ المِزْلَجَ آمِنٌ لِلِاسْتِخْدَامِ.
taʾakkad anna al-mizlaja āminun lil-istikhdām.
Make sure the sled is safe to use.
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.
They took no food for the dogs and killed them one by one to feed the rest until they could run only one sled.
لم يأخذا طعام للكلاب وقتلوهم الواحد تلو الآخر لإطعام الباقين حتى لم يعد بإماكنهم سوى تشغيل زلاجة واحدة فقط.
The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period in which strong sled dogs were in high demand.
وتقع القصة في يوكون خلال حمى الذهب في كلوندايك، وهي فترة التي كان الطلب فيها كبيرا على كلاب الزلاجات القوية.
It was while here that he became involved in the high-speed rocket sled experiments (USAF project MX981, 1949) which led to the coining of Murphy's law.
أنه بينما هنا أنه أصبح يشارك في التجارب زلاجات صاروخ فائق السرعة (المشروع حسبما MX981، 1949) التي أدت إلى مفردات قانون مورفي.
Historically the major means of transportation has been by boat around the coast in summer and by dog sled in winter, particularly in the north and east.
تاريخياً، كانت أهم وسائل النقل كانت عن طريق القوارب على طول الساحل في الصيف وزلاجات الكلاب في فصل الشتاء، وخاصة في الشمال والشرق.
Questions and answers
Is there a verb for ‘to sled’?
Yes, you can say ‘to slide on a sled’ as يَتَزَلَّجُ (yatazallaju).
Can I use مِزْلَجٌ for a toboggan?
Yes, مِزْلَجٌ covers both sleds and toboggans.
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