A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. سحابة saḥābata during, in the course of Root: س-ح-ب Page: 465* Example: “تَحَوَّلَتْ سَحابَةَ ثَلاثَةِ عُقودٍ إلى مَدينَةٍ مُتَرامِيَةِ الأَطْراف” Translation: “it transformed, in the course of three decades, into a sprawling city” Notes: Revise all of the vocab from the series on…
غَمْضة root: غ-م-ض / noun / definition: a blink Can you believe it’s been ten years since I enrolled in my Arabic and Linguistics bachelor’s degree? No way! scream the imaginary crowd in my head. But yes, yes indeed. I’d stepped into university, fresh off of A-Level stress, printed timetable in hand—and then, in just…
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