A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. في وقدة الصيف (w. aṣ-ṣaif) in the glowing summer heat Root: و-ق-د Page: 1275* Example: “يا لَلْحَسْرة.. مَشى المُهاجِرونَ ثَلاثَةَ أَيّامٍ عَبرَ الصَّحراءِ في وَقدةِ الصَّيفِ قَبْلَ وَفاتِهِم ” Translation: “what a great pity… the migrants walked for three days across the desert…
قاسِم root: ق-س-م / form I active participle / definition: divider, partition August and September passed like a swift breeze and now winter no longer feels far to reach—especially if (like I was taught) you count November as the start of the season. I remember asking my husband if he liked Kasım—meaning “November”, in Turkish—as…
