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

Crammed under a tattered tent on rough wooden benches, Yemeni children are learning Arabic grammar -- lucky to receive an education at all in a country hammered by years of war.

From Barron's

Later in the record, “La Yugular” is a philosophical meditation on unity and oneness with lyrics in Spanish and Arabic, which suggests that the entire world might fit inside a haiku.

From The Wall Street Journal

The work in question is a "maqāma" -- an Arabic literary form that often features a wandering "trickster."

From Science Daily