Comparle

Arabic9 Oct 2026feelings

tarab

طربTA-rab[tˤɑ.rab]

the state music can put you in when it takes you over completely

Closest in English: rapture, ecstasy, enchantment. None of them covers it.

Play this word Or today's word ›

The story

Lane's lexicon gives the root as a heart made unsteady, by joy or grief alike, and modern Arabic keeps it for what music does. Umm Kulthum sang live on the radio on the first Thursday of the month for decades, stretching one song past an hour while the hall called for the line again.

Watch the word

A real game of this word, in 22 seconds.

How it went in the game

Contains the answers. If you want to play the word yourself first, leave this closed.

  1. Which language is it from?Arabic
  2. Who says it most often?A crowd calling for one more repeat
  3. Where would you hear it?A Cairo wedding, one note held
  4. What does it mean?Being carried off by the music itself

How it went

Harder than most words so far.

Round four, meaning, was where most points went.

More Arabic words

All Arabic words ›

More words for a feeling

All words for a feeling ›