Arabic vocabulary
عَفَّانِAffan in Arabic
عَفَّانِ is how you say “Affan” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانِ
So I asked, 'Who is this?' He replied, 'Uthman ibn Affan.'
عَفَّانِ — Affan. The father's name closing the chain, and because it is the second half of a 'son of' pairing its ending takes the possessor's case. Sitting straight after 'son of' with nothing between them is how Arabic says 'son of Affan' without any word for 'of'.
From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →
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