A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. هتون hatūn rain-fraught, heavy with rain (cloud) Root: ه-ت-ن Page: 1194* Example: “هَلْ سَبَقَ لَكَ أَنْ رَأَيْتَ السَّحابَ الهَتونَ هُنا يا وَلَد؟” Translation: “Have you ever seen heavy rainclouds here, boy?” Notes: Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet: *…
ذِكْرى root: ذ-ك-ر / noun / plural: ذِكرَيات / definition: a memory Sometimes, we spend so long immersed in thoughts of the future and memories of the past that we forget that we’re floating in the present. I remember writing about floating, and then I think about how every all-consuming present of mine—well, all of…
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