A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.
قامر على الجواد الخاسر (jawād) to bet on the wrong horse
Root: ق-م-ر
Page: 923*
Example: “شَهِدَتْ الشَّرِكةُ الثّانِيَةُ نُمُوّاً أَفْضَل.. يَبْدو أَنَّنا كُنّا نُقامِرُ عَلى الجَوادِ الخاسِر”
Translation: “the second company has seen better growth… it seems we’ve been betting on the wrong horse”
Revise all of the vocab from the series on Quizlet:
- Wehr Wednesdays Vocab (#1-100)
- Wehr Wednesdays Vocab (#101-200)
- Wehr Wednesdays Vocab (#201-300)
- Wehr Wednesdays Vocab (#301-400)
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
The Arabic Pages 