Weather words in Arabic
Arabic · Early Years · The School
Sun and rain
شَمْس (shams) means sun. مَطَر (maṭar) means rain. Look outside. Is the shams out today? Or is there maṭar falling instead? Say the right word for what you can actually see, out of the window.
Wind
رِيح (rīḥ) means wind. Notice something moving in the wind — a leaf, a flag, a curtain — and say rīḥ. If there is no wind today, wave your hand quickly and say rīḥ anyway, to remember the feeling.
Checking the sky, every day
Look outside at the same time each day, for a few days in a row. Say shams, maṭar or rīḥ for whatever you see. Some days might need more than one word — sun AND wind together, for example, on a bright, breezy day.
Keep a simple record for five days. Each day, look outside once and say the Arabic word that fits best: shams for sun, maṭar for rain, rīḥ for wind. Draw a tiny symbol next to each word to remind you later. By the end of the week, look back at your five days. Which word did you say the most? That tells you something real about this week's weather — recorded entirely in Arabic, not just in English.