A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. يشار عليه ببنان (yušāru) lit.: he is pointed at with fingers, i.e., he is a famous man Root: ب-ن-ن Page: 93* Example: “في غُضونِ سَبْعِ سِنين، صارَ رَجُلًا يُشارُ عَلَيهِ بِالبَنان” Translation: “within seven years, he became a well-known man” Revise all of…
جَسَد root: ج-س-د / noun / plural: أَجْساد / definition: body We’ve looked at word twins before—that is, two words with the same meaning that differ only in a single letter, like ضَجّة and لَجّة, or بُقْعة and رُقْعة, or سَهِرَ and سَهِدَ. But there’s more to the story; synonyms carry similar sounds in different…
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