A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday. الحديث شجون conversation drifts from one topic to another Root: ش-ج-ن Page: 533* Example: “كانَ الحَديثُ شُجونًا وَشَعَرتُ بِنَفسي في أَثنائِهِ أَتَهادى خِلالَ سِنينِ مِنَ المشاعِر” Translation: “the conversation drifted from one topic to another, and I felt myself drifting through years of…
التَّوْطين root: و-ط-ن / form II verbal noun / definition: to grant citizenship Ten-thousand-and-something days after my birth, Cyprus has finally acknowledged my existence. I can’t blame them for not granting me citizenship earlier though, as—well, how could they have known me? I was born in a London borough and have, since then, spent a…
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