A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
مريخ mirrīḵ Mars (astron.)
Root: م-ر-خ
Page: 1059*
Example: “«وَسْطَ كُلِّ هذا الفَوْضَى عَلى سَطْحِ كَوْكَبِنا هذا، تُرَكِّزُ دُوَلُ العالَمِ عَلى «السِباقِ إلى المِرِّيخ”
Translation: “in the midst of all of the chaos on the surface of this planet of ours, countries of the world focus on the “race to Mars””
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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
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