Example sentences for: arabic

How can you use “arabic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Maariv carried a huge picture of him under the headline "Shalom, King," while Yediot Aharanot printed in Hebrew and Arabic the words "Shalom to a friend."

  • Its name in Arabic — El-Uqsor — means “gods’ palaces” and it indicates the supreme importance of this area to the Ancient Egyptians.

  • La Rambla takes its name from an Arabic word meaning a sandy, dry river bed.

  • Memsahib `term of respect for a European lady,' for example, derives from English ma'am and Hindi sahib `sir, master,' a word borrowed by Hindi from Arabic; boxwallah `peddler' combines English box and Hindi wallah `person in charge of a particular thing'; chotapeg `half-sized drink' unites Hindi chota `little, small' and English peg (Anglo-Indian slang since at least 1864 for a drink, especially of brandy and soda water); and shroffage `commission charged for shroffing' combines shroff (an adaptation of Hindi saraf `banker, money-lender,' a word borrowed from Arabic) and the English suffix - age . Combinations of Hindi and Persian elements include:

  • An opinion poll carried out by the Kuwaiti Arabic daily Al-Anba found that all those questioned were very optimistic and "unanimously ruled out any doubt regarding the government's preparedness to face any eventuality."


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