A-Z of words in any language but English

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أستاذ
أستاذة (feminine)

Professor

'Ustadh
'Ustadha (feminine)

أ = u
س = s
ت = t
ا = a
ذ = dh (makes like a "th")
ة = a (for feminine form)

I hope I'm nailing these BTW because I am double checking them but I'm only just getting to grips with this system of writing so there's always a chance I could be saying something completely different

I always liked the look of Arabic.

vague

“wave” (the kind with water) in French

ولد

Walad
Boy (can also mean son or child)

و = wa
ل = la
د = d

I think.
There should be a little dash above the و and ل to make the "a" sound but my keypad doesn't allow for that unfortunately

xenofobia

“xenophobia” in Spanish

يا

Ya Arabic
Oh English

ي = y
ا = a

zambullirse

“to dive” in Spanish

Yay we made it round the alphabet
أمستردام

Amsterdam

أ A
م m
س s
ت t
ر r
د d
ا a
م m

Wow, I guess we did.

bosque

“woods” in Spanish

Champagne

Speaks for itself

Diablo

“Devil” in Spanish

It’s fun to say.

That's the word we use for it in our house

Enchante (French)

Delighted (Anglais)

fe

“faith” in Spanish

In Italian, however, it's Xenofobia.
It has Greek roots.
Xenos and phobos.

Dutch: vreemdelingenhaat
Between Dutch and German, there are similar assonances in many words.

Français : xénophobie
the easiest language for an Italian to understand is French.

Arabic is beautiful.
I'm not proficient in this language.

Good heavens

Perbacco
Italian Language

Parbleu

French.

In my region, it's used as a very polite word.

When you need to help someone and they ask for it.

I'm struggling with G

غسان

Ghassan (boys name)

غ = Gha
س = ss
ا =a
ن= n

In Arabic, Jesus is called "عيسى" (ʿĪsā).

Another, less common form is "يسوع" (Yasūʿ).