Category: EnvironmentPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

بيئة

/bīʾa/Roman

English meaning: Environment

Arabic Definition

(العربية)

البيئة هي المحيط الطبيعي والاجتماعي الذي يعيش فيه الإنسان والكائنات الحية. وتشمل الهواء والماء والتربة والغابات والمناخ، وتواجه تهديدات متزايدة بسبب النشاط البشري.

English Definition

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates, including natural and social factors.

Example

يجب علينا حماية البيئة من التلوث.

In English: We must protect the environment from pollution.

Synonyms

  • طبيعة
  • محيط

Literary Heritage

لَا تَظلِمِ الأَرضَ وَلَا تُفسِدَنَّهَا فَإِنَّهَا أُمُّنَا وَمِنهَا كَانَ مَبدَأُنَا

/Lā taẓlimi al-arḍa wa-lā tufsidannahā fa-innahā ummunā wa-minhā kāna mabdaʾunā/

Do not wrong the earth nor corrupt it, for it is our mother and from it was our beginning.

Al-Ma'arri · Poet and Philosopher · 10th–11th century CE

Luzumiyyat (The Necessities)

Luzumiyyat, poem on nature and existence, 11th century CE

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