Toys in Arabic
Arabic · Early Years · The School
Ball and doll
كُرَة (kura) means ball. دُمْية (dumya) means doll. Hold up a ball. Say kura. Hold up a doll. Say dumya. Roll the ball as you say kura, to link the word to the action.
A toy car
سَيّارة (sayyāra) means car. It is also the everyday word for a real car, not just a toy one. Push a toy car along the floor. Say sayyāra as it moves. Push it again, a bit further this time.
Sorting your own toys
Gather a few real toys. Sort them into three piles: kura for round things you can roll. dumya for any doll or figure. sayyāra for anything with wheels. Say each word out loud as you sort, before you place the toy down.
Empty a small toy box onto the floor. Pick up each toy, one at a time. Say kura for a ball. Say dumya for a doll. Say sayyāra for anything with wheels. Or say lā aʿrif — "I don't know" — for anything else. Count how many of each you found. Most toy boxes hold far more kura and sayyāra than dumya. That is a small, real fact about your own toys, found out entirely in Arabic.