قُرّ root: ق-ر-ر / noun / definition: cold, coolness I’ve been napping a lot lately. Sometimes two or three times a day. My body feels heavy with a fatigue that pulls down my eyelids and drags my centre of gravity to the nearest flat surface to search for rest in the land of nod. ButContinue reading “Arabic Observations: Warm Hearts, Cool Eyes”
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Uncommon Arabic Words for the Desert
صَحراء root: ص-ح-ر / noun / plural: صَحارٍ / definition: desert In this series so far, we’ve explored uncommon Arabic words for colours, clouds, and rain. This time—as I’ve kept on coming across alternative terms for it in my regular resorts to the dictionary—I’m compiling a list of uncommon Arabic words for “desert”, most commonlyContinue reading “Uncommon Arabic Words for the Desert”
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