captain in Arabic
طَيَّار ṭayyār
/ˈkæp.tɪn//ˈkæp.tən/
captain in Arabic: طَيَّار (ṭayyār), قُبْطَان (qubṭān), رُبَّان (rubbān), نَقِيب (naqīb). In English, captain means a chief or leader.
Arabic words for captain
- the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
- طَيَّار ṭayyār, قُبْطَان qubṭān, رُبَّان rubbān
- the person lawfully in command of an airliner
- طَيَّار ṭayyār
- an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
- نَقِيب naqīb, قُبْطَان qubṭān
- one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
- قَائِد qāʔid, كَبْتِن kabtin
English meaning of captain
- noun A chief or leader.
- noun The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
- noun An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- noun A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
captain in a sentence
- The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
- John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."
Synonyms of captain
captain in other languages
- captain in Hindi
- captain in Tamil
- captain in Marathi
- captain in Urdu
- captain in Bengali
- captain in Telugu
- captain in Malayalam
- captain in Kannada
- captain in Gujarati
- captain in Odia
- captain in Nepali
- captain in Tagalog
- captain in Malay
- captain in Indonesian
- captain in Persian
- captain in Thai
- captain in Vietnamese
- captain in Myanmar
Questions about captain in Arabic
- What is the meaning of captain in Arabic?
- Captain in Arabic is طَيَّار (ṭayyār), قُبْطَان (qubṭān), رُبَّان (rubbān), نَقِيب (naqīb).
- ما معنى كلمة captain؟
- Captain: طَيَّار (ṭayyār), قُبْطَان (qubṭān), رُبَّان (rubbān), نَقِيب (naqīb).
- What does captain mean in English?
- Captain means a chief or leader.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: captain (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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