The seventh-century Arabic poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah is said to have been deeply in love with a woman named Layla. He wrote to her and about her constantly, so much so that after his death, he was ...

Aamir Khan revealed that his son Junaid’s name means “Warrior” in Arabic, suggested by his sister Farhat. After months of ...

The Persian term derives from the Arabic word ta’rif, meaning to notify, announce, define or assert, or to set out fees to be paid. Most Arabic words are based on a three-letter root word.

Here are the different greetings showing how "Eid Mubarak" is adapted in different Arabic dialects, from Egypt to the Levant, from the Gulf to North Africa, these dialects allow us to have a ...

The design features the Arabic word kafir, a religious term for a non-believer or someone “who knowingly conceals or denies fundamental, divine truths,” according to the Council on American ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is facing fresh scrutiny after eagle-eyed observers spotted a never-before-seen tattoo on his right bicep that some are interpreting as Islamophobic. The tattoo, ...

Today we know that the word “ta’rif” comes from the medieval Arabic for notification or information, and took on its current significance when merchants were notified of the duties to be ...

We don’t really borrow words, we take them and keep them; we don’t give them back, whatever that might mean. But those are the standard terms, and I will use them here. I should add that I know only a ...

And though Arabic may not have had as big of an influence on Italian as other foreign languages, including Greek, English, Spanish and French, the Italian vocabulary still counts over 600 arabismi – ...

Whether you're living in Qatar, visiting the country or travelling to another Arabic-speaking place, these common words and phrases will come in handy in conversing with the local population. The ...

The word in both cases is written the same without case markings. My cousin, however, thought that we – both Arabic speakers – say asir for juice and not sherbet.

Since Arabic was at the heart of scientific and cultural exchanges, it helped to spread the language along the Silk Roads and beyond. Today, it is the sixth most spoken language in the world, with 274 ...