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Wehr Wednesdays #23

A new word or phrase from the Hans Wehr dictionary, every Wednesday.

Arabic Observations: Root Derived From Phrase

جَذْر root: ج-ذ-ر / noun / plural: جُذور / definition: root Flick through to page 1016 of the Hans Wehr dictionary (4th ed.) and you’ll find something really intriguing.

How to Use (and Love) the Hans Wehr Dictionary

قاموس root: ق-م-س / noun / plural: قَواميس / definition: dictionary If I had started this blog for the purpose of sharing only a single post, it would be this one. You would only have to be studying Arabic for a short while before you’d hear the name “Hans Wehr” flying at you from allContinue reading “How to Use (and Love) the Hans Wehr Dictionary”