167 Answered Questions for the topic Arabic

Arabic Language

04/01/20

How long does it take to learn a new language?
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Arabic

07/29/19

How do I learn written Arabic? I know there are different spoken dialects, are there different written ones too?
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Arabic Religion

05/31/19

Is this Egyptian Arabic Dialect?
الجواب: إن الفدية هي ما يدفع لتحرير شخص تم أسره. دفع يسوع فديتنا ليحررنا من الخطية والموت والجحيم. نجد في كل من سفر الخروج واللاويين والعدد والتثنية متطلبات وشروط الله للذبيحة المقدمة. في زمن العهد... more
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04/29/19

How are the three phonetically distinct Arabic h's transcribed in English?
In Arabic we have three types of "h" sounds, as in the following list:- ح- خ- هI would like to know, which of these sounds is commonly transcribed as "kh" in English, and how are the other two "h"... more
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Arabic Tafseer

04/29/19

What is the true meaning of Allah?
I am a newb at Islam and Arabic, however, I have been learning Arabic and I have come across a question that can be said in Arabic:> مَنْ رَبُّكُمْ> > "Who is your God (to a bunch of... more
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04/29/19

How did the Arabic word "allah" come to have an /lˤ/ ("emphatic l")?
In Modern Standard Arabic, phonemic /lˤ/ (a.k.a. "emphatic l") <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_phonology#ref_6"> only occurs in one native word: *Allah* /ʔalˤˈlˤaːh/. (According... more
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04/28/19

How many Arabic(-derived) alphabets exist?
I would like to know, besides Modern Standard Arabic as spoken in Egypt, how many distinct Arabic alphabets (I assume each Arabic-speaking country will have its own Arabic alphabet, with a lot of... more
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04/27/19

What is the significance of al-Qurʾān referring to ʿĪsā as المسيح?
Al-Qurʾān refers to ʿĪsā as المسيح.For example, in Sūratu Āli ʿImrān:45:>إِذْ قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَا مَرْيَمُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبَشِّرُكِ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْهُ اسْمُهُ **الْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ... more
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04/27/19

Grammatical term for inflectable conjunctions as used in the Arabic language(s)?
Conjunctions in the Arabic language can be inflected be adding an affix that indicates the pronoun.E.g. the conjunction 'because' is لِأَن (li'ann), and 'because you' yields لِأَنك... more
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04/27/19

Languages with alphabets sharing the same basic shapes as Arabic?
I would like to know, besides Arabic itself, how many other separate languages (not including dialects) have alphabets sharing same basic shapes as Arabic? I would like to have a complete list of... more
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Arabic Levantine

04/27/19

How different from Levantine Arabic is Modern Standard Arabic?
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04/26/19

Are the letter forms of Arabic essential to the Qur'an?
Are the existing letter forms/shapes of the Arabic alphabet an essential part of the Qur'an, or are they an arbitary choice made by humans as a means to *record* the Qur'an?In other words, if... more
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04/26/19

I am looking for an Arabic ngram corpus?
I am working in a project where i need to use an ngram model. So, i want to know if an Arabic ngram corpus exist. I have tried to find a corpus but all my researches failed. I know that for... more
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Arabic Language Salat Dua

04/24/19

While I'm in my praying, can I say Dua in different languages?
If I don't know the Arabic meaning of a Dua, can I say the Dua in a different language?
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Arabic

04/24/19

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... more
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Arabic

04/24/19

What is the meaning behind the idiom "ثكلتك أمك"?
In many *ahadith*, the idiom "ثكلتك أمك" ("May your mother lose you") is found; I have also seen similar constructs with different wording (e.g. "ثكلتك الثواكل"). From context, this appears to be... more
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Arabic Jinn

04/22/19

Is Arabic the language of Jinn?
As there seems many similarities in the life of Humans and Jinn, so I was wondering if Arabic is their language or they use diverse languages (according to their areas ...)? Or even they have their... more
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Arabic

04/21/19

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... more
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Arabic History Religion

04/20/19

What are the readings (qira'at) of Quran?
As far as I know there are more than one reading for Quran. Some say they are 7 and others say they are 14. What does that mean? Are there more than one Quran? Which reading is the correct one and... more
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Arabic Sahaba

04/20/19

Why is Abu Bakr (R) called Abu Bakr, when out of his sons none is named Bakr?
Abu' basically means father. Then I was assuming why isn't any of his sons named 'Bakr'
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04/19/19

Any resources for examples of interlinear gloss for Classical Arabic/MSA?
I tried googling and asking on reddit but I got nothing.
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04/19/19

Are there any equivalent of oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ in Arabic?
I am looking for a website that is equivalent of https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/goIn oxforddictionaries, you see it gives all of the meanings of a word with example sentencesAre there... more
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Arabic Adab

04/19/19

What is the difference between akhlaq and adab?
I have recently been introduced to the term *akhlaq*, [defined in Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhlaq) as follows:>Akhlaq (Arabic: أخلاق‎) is an Arabic term referring to the practice... more
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04/19/19

Is it proper to greet a non-Muslim with "As-Salāmu Alaykum"?
Is it proper to greet a non-Muslim with "**As-Salāmu Alaykum**" (*Peace be upon you*) or respond with "**wa alaykumu s-salāmu wa rahmatu l-lāhi wa barakātuh**" (*may peace, mercy and blessings of... more
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Arabic Diglossia

04/19/19

How can the Arabic language used in social networking websites such as Twitter be classified?
I have begun to study computational Arabic linguistics and I have what probably amounts to a basic linguistics question, but I hope I can find some answers nonetheless.So I know about Classical... more
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