Homonyms in Arabic
الجِناس التَّام
Homonyms are words that have the same spelling and pronunciation but don’t have the same meaning. In Arabic we call this set of words “كلمات الجِناس التَّام” “Al ginas al tam”. Al tam means “complete” because the letters of these words have to agree in number, order and their vocalization.
Here are some Arabic homonyms:
2 
المَعْنَى الثَّاني | 1
المَعْنَى الأوَّل |
الكلمة |
|---|---|---|
| Water spring | Eye |  عَيْن |
| Reminder, memo | Ticket |
تَذْكِرة |
| Falling | Amateur |
هَاوٍ |
| Next/ following | Reader |
تالٍ |
| Factor | Worker |
عَامِل |
| Qualified
“هو أهْلٌ لِ” | Relatives/ family |
أَهْل |
| Neighborhood | Alive |
حَيّ |
| Napper “Someone who takes a nap”. | Teller |
قَائِل |
| Desk | Office |
مَكْتَب |
| Horn | Century |
قَرْن |
| Mile “ unit of measurement” | Tendency |
مَيْل |
| Date | History |
تَارِيخ |
| Show | Offer |
عَرْض |
| Cucumber | Choice, option |
خِيَار |
| Envelop | Circumstance |
ظَرْف |
| Friend, companion | Owner |
صَاحِب |
| Gold | He went |
ذَهَب |
| Morocco (country) | Sunset/one of the 5 prayers in Islam | المَغْرِب |
| Flat land, plain | Easy |
سَهْل |
| Guide | Proof |
دَلِيل |
| Great (plural)
جَمْع عَظيم | Bones
جَمْع عَظْمَة |
عِظَام |
| Good manners | Literature |
أَدَب |
| Liquid | Asker/ questioner |
سَائِل |
| Package | Expulsion |
طَرْد |
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