Arabic vocabulary
جَمَلٍa camel in Arabic
جَمَلٍ is how you say “a camel” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
حَتَّى لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا سُفْيَانِ وَثَبَ عَلَى جَمَلٍ لَهُ مَعْقُولٌ
I even saw Abu Sufyan leap onto his tied camel.
جَمَلٍ — a camel. This indefinite noun is governed by 'onto', sitting in the genitive that preposition forces, and it names what he leapt on: a camel. Its indefinite ending leaves it unspecified, just some camel of his. The possessive and the participle after it further describe it.
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