English → Arabic
smoke in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- dukhān
- Arabizi
dukhan- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- دُخَانَاتٌ dukhānāt
- Root
- د خ ن
How to use it
دخان refers to the visible gas that comes from fire, cigarettes, etc. It is masculine and uncountable in most contexts, but a plural form exists for different kinds of smoke.
Example sentences
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الدُّخَانُ يَصْعَدُ مِنَ المَطْبَخِ.
al-dukhānu yaṣ‘adu mina al-maṭbakh.
Smoke rises from the kitchen.
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تجنَّبْ الدُّخَانَ لِصِحَّتِكَ.
tajannab al-dukhāna li-ṣiḥḥatika.
Avoid smoke for your health.
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رَأَيْتُ دُخَانًا كَثِيرًا فِي الشَّارِعِ.
ra’aytu dukhānan kathīran fī al-shāri‘.
I saw a lot of smoke in the street.
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.
Holy Smoke!
دخان مقدس!
Do you smoke?
هل تدخن؟
Salvation, smoke.
دخان الاستعباد
He doesn't smoke.
هو لا يدخن.
May I smoke here?
أيمكنني أن أدخّن هنا؟
Redemption, smoke.
دخان الخلاص
He does not smoke.
إنه ليس مدخنا.
Resolutions, smoke.
دخان الحلول
Harvest palms, smoke.
يحصدون راحات اليد.. يحصدون الدخان
Harvest witness, smoke.
دخان الحقيقة
Exposure to personal smoke and secondhand smoke increases the risk.
التعرض للتدخين الشخصي والتدخين السلبي يزيد من الخطر.
Cigarette smoking and second-hand smoke (passive smoke) may reduce the effectiveness of medications such as corticosteroids.
قد يخفض تدخين السجائر والتدخين غير المباشر (التدخين السلبي) من فعالية الأدوية مثل الكورتيكوستيرويدات.
Questions and answers
Is دخان countable?
Usually it is used as an uncountable noun, but you can count types: دخانُ السجائر، دخانُ الحطب.
Related words and expressions
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