Captain

"Captain" in Arabic

رُبَّان

rubbān

(the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

طَيَّار

ṭayyār

(the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

طَيَّار

ṭayyār

(the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

طَيَّار

ṭayyār

(the person lawfully in command of an airliner)

قَائِد

qāʔid

(one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

قُبطان

gubṭān

(the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

قُبْطان

qubṭān, gubṭān

(an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

قُبْطَان

qubṭān

(an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

قُبْطَان

qubṭān

(the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel)

كَبْتِن

kabtin

(one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

كَبْتِن

kabtin

(one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions)

نَقِيب

naqīb

(an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.