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One Arabic Word With Many Meanings??!!

One Arabic Word With Many Meanings??!!

We all know about synonyms but what about homonyms?

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Sep 07, 2023
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One Arabic Word With Many Meanings??!!
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When you start to learn Arabic, you learn that a “house” is a بَيْتٌ (bayt). Delve deeper and you learn that a “house” is also a مَنْزِلٌ (manzil) and a دارٌ (daar). These are synonyms of course; more than one word for (roughly) the same meaning

.Delve deeper still and this whole concept is flipped on its head. You learn that a بَيْتٌ (bayt) doesn't just…

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