Arabic

Example Sentences

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Cooking requires "nafas", or soul, Orfali explained, using the Arabic term that describes a cook's personal flair for food and their ability to conjure up exceptional meals.

From Barron's

In the 1980s, Jon-Perse acquires his first personal computer at the same time that he is becoming enamored with classical Arabic verse, particularly a form of love poetry called the ghazal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Saipov was shot by a police officer and immediately taken into custody after emerging from his truck shouting “God is great” in Arabic and waving paintball and pellet guns in the air.

From Seattle Times

Their notoriety has earned them the nickname Janjaweed, an Arabic word for "devils on horseback" .

From BBC

“From Him we come, and to Him we return,” Abdul said, repeating one of his favorite phrases in Arabic from the Quran.

From New York Times