A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
كل يبكي (يغني) على ليلاه kullun yabkī (yuḡannī) ‘alā lailāhu everyone sings to his own tune, does as he pleases, follows his own fancy
Root: ل-ي-ل
Page: 1041*
Example: “ماذا عَساي أَقول؟ كُلٌّ يَبكي على لَيلاه”
Translation: “what could I possibly say? Everyone sings to their own tune”
Notes:
- We find this phrase under the name ليلى in the dictionary, and—as you might have guessed—the phrase is a reference to the story of Layla and Majnun!
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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 