A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
لا يملك قطميرا (yamliku) he doesn’t own a thing, he hasn’t a red cent to his name
Root: ق-ط-م-ر
Page: 911*
Example: “!لِماذا تَرغَبُ في أَنْ تَكونَ مَعَ رَجُلٍ لا يَملِكُ قِطميراً؟”
Translation: “why does she want to be with a guy who doesn’t have a penny to his name?”
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 