Arabic
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Exploring Arabic and Arabic words.
Glossary
- abaya
- Black gowns that cover women from head-to-foot, revealing only the eyes through a veil.
- abu
- "Father of"
- Allahu Akbar
- "God is great".
- almagest
- The Greatest.
- Basmala
- Aka Bismillah. An Arabic noun for the a phrase that recurs in the Qur'an: Bismi-llāhi ar-Raḥmāni ar-Raḥīmi = "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful". Each of the 114 surah = "chapters" starts with the Basmala (except for the 9th) and is not counted as an ayat = "verse" (except for 27:30).
- bin
- ibn. "Son of".
- hajj
- The annual pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina (both in Saudi Arabia), that Muslims are required to do at least once in their lives.
- inshallah
- "God willing."
- majlis
- A social gathering, usually weekly, for conversation and counsel. Often citizens talk man-to-man with the host, a leader in the community.
- safqa
- A deal made fast and in secrecy.
- talaq
- "Divorce". In the Muslim tradition, if a husband says talaq three times in a row, then the couple is divorced.
Links
Here are links that lead to off-site pages about Arabic.
- English.Ajeeb.com
- Holy Quran with its meanings in English, French and Spanish
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Lingo24.com. A translation company with some free online services. Good use of unicode on their site.
- ContexTrans. As of 2007-01: 'Our system currently supports English to Arabic, Arabic to English, English to Chinese, and Chinese to English translations. More language combinations will be available in the future.'
- Oilfield English-Arabic words and phrases
- The Noble Qur'an. Or the Koran.
- YourDictionary.com/languages/afroasia.html.
2007-10-23 01:17:50Z