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…
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: *…
The Arabic Pages 