The literary language and language varieties spoken from the Middle East to North Africa of the Afro-Asiatic language family
Questions tagged [arabic]
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The Koran: anything special about this book linguistically?
I'm learning Arabic right now, and the Arabs seem to all hold this book in high regard. Obviously, many for merely religious reasons. However, I've found numerous people that reference it as some sort of perfected grammar. Is there any reason,…
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Why is the number 7 often used in Twitter usernames of Arabic speakers?
I noticed this trend in some data I'm working with and am searching for an explanation.
Aaron
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Lexical difference between classical and modern standard arabic
I've seen that linguists do not consider fuṣḥa as one, but two varieties: classical and modern.
I know that the grammar is nearly identical, but how about the lexicon? false friends etc? Is there for example a study that gives a percentage of…
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Technical term for "stacked Arabic script"?
I have seen in several places now, Arabic script, flowing not only from right to left, but also, simultaneously, from top to bottom, especially within the spelling of a single word, and especially when involving letters such as ج، ح، خ، and…
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Arabic calligraphy - understanding markings
A friend of mine is trying to make an atheist t-shirt with just the beginning of the shahada. Does this look like it has been cut correctly?
What are the commas and upside commas on this piece of calligraphy? I understand the fathah vowel marking…
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is الدنيا (ad-duniya) in the arabic sentence واضرب لهم مثل الحياة الدنيا regarded as na'at (an adjective)?
In the Madinah Arabic Course videos, the lecturer says that the word الدنيا in the above is na'at (adjective) for مثل.
Isn't الحياة mudaf ilaihi (possessed noun) for مثل and الدنيا is mudaf ilaihi (possessed noun) for الحياة?
But then, why is الدنيا…
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what's the difference between kisfan (كِسَفًا) and kisafan (كِسَفًا) in Arabic?
What's the difference between kisfan (كِسْفًا) and kisafan (كِسَفًا) in Arabic ? Also, what is the singular of it ? If possible (optional), give a suggestion how to search for its meaning in Lisan al Arab or Lane's lexicon
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In Arabic, for present tense conjugation, why is it the same for second person masculine and third person feminine?
In Arabic class, I began learning verb conjugations, and we observed the patterns for all the different ones (minus the dual forms) corresponding with their pronouns. We used the verb شرب (drank) as our base word. While we learning our conjugation…
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Does this rule apply to reading in Arabic in general or only to reading the Qur'an?
The lam at the beginning of words is of two types: the lam that accepts the sukun and is clearly read and the lam that does not accept the sukun and is not read but simply written.
Does this rule apply to reading in Arabic in general or only to…
edmond90 desert
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دَوْحَة ؟ — or is و vocalic here?
Question may be off-topic, still here it is:
The و in دوحة (like in الدوحة , capital of قَطَر), is it consonantal or vocalic ? (Indicating /aw/ or /u/ ?)
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Different Meaning Arabic ْلَمْ تَكْتُب (lam taktub) and ْمَا كَتَبَت (maa katabat)?
Is there difference of meaning between two word below ?
لم تكتب (lam taktub)
ما كتبت (maa katabat)
IMO the meaning is same : "She didn't write".
Is the meaning correct ?
Maybe there is anyone can explain different use of لم and ما.
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Principle behind multiple al's in الحرم الشريف?
'al' means 'the' in Arabic, much like ה in Hebrew.
But what about the abundance/ frequency of 'al' in الحرم الشريف, the latter in the sense of the English proper noun 'Temple Mount'? Can any of the 'al'-s be omitted without losing the meaning…
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Why do we add a vovel "a" in the word "kitab" in arabic? Alif is already there
Screenshot from a book that confuses me. Why fatha is between ta and alif?
Thank you!
Anton Ziganshin
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What does this engraving say?
This is some text engraved in a grill, and I was wondering what it says.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/aeakL.jpg
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Is Allah ever a common noun, or is it always a proper noun? And if so, do they look different?
Is Allah ever a common noun?
or is it always a proper noun?
And if so, do they look different in the arabic?
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