#Arabic

pothwaripatwari

So I’ve been reading Biblical Hebrew and every once in a while I stumble across what seems like a congnate from Arabic (either from my limited study of Arabic or

Kayla Renée Wheeler

1. We need to take into account that while Arabic is the language of the Qur'an, it is not the 1st language of a good portion of the ummah. 2.

Garf (refollow)

So then, I started a poll to see which thread I should make. In the meantime, I'll do some threads:Starting with Arabic in the pre-Islamic era. Firstly, I'd like to

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MatesThis is IMPORTANTAll this while did you ever wonder, why MUSLIM brethren from Arabs don't show empathy on you. It is coz the language u use. Arabs are more affectionate

Opinions on this? @niggalini4 @HannxbaI https://www.quora.com/Why-do-North-Africans-speak-Arabic-since-the-Islamic-conquest-but-Iranians-have-retained-Persian-Farsi

"Perhaps the best Arabic writer alive" writes British critic who doesn't read Arabic about an Arabic writer who gets published in translation before Arabic "a powerful voice in Arabic poetry"

Khairudin Aljunied

The Deep Meaning of Selamat Hari Raya Eidul Fitri Have you ever wondered why, at the end of the fasting month, Malays would greet their families and friends, "Selamat Hari

Sami Jiries | سامي جِريِس

Akkadian has a verb nâkum 'to have sex with,' which is cognate to Arabic ناك nāk- 'to fuck.' I can't find any cognates in Aramaic, Ge'ez, or Hebrew, so potentially

symbols in the Quran from this channelhttps://youtube.com/c/Arabic101

Elaine van Dalen

How to easily memorize large amounts of medical information? Make it rhyme! Medical poetry was popular in the Classical Islamic World and many copies survive today. A small thread on

Sean W. Anthony

The earliest description of Europe (أروفى|urūfā, not أوروبا; from Εὐρώπη) in Arabic literature comes from a book called *Routes and Realms* by Ibn Khordāḏbeh (fl. 800s CE), by the caliph’s

Tweeting Historians

Hi from @_SimonLeese. This week I’ll be tweeting about Arabic literature and multilingualism in 18th/19th century North India. I’m interested in how Arabic writers imagine their place in a larger

Sami Jiries | سامي جِريِس

In Syriac, mar (ܡܵܪ mār) doesn't mean "God," it means "lord." There's a related form ܡܵܪܝܵܐ māryā that means "Lord God." The Syriac word for "love" referenced here is actually

at this point if you have arabic in your name you're getting blocked. every single time someone follows me with arabic names i click them like "oh cool a follower

From someone who worked as a translator for a while, here are some Arabic words & concepts that are drastically misused, particularly in writing. Thread As a baseline: An Arab

Four written languages are attested from the Ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The first three are no surprise: Latin, Greek and Oscan. The fourth is (wait for it...) Arabic*. Specifically