Arabic vocabulary
How to say “appearance” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
كَانَ اِبْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ أَنِيقًا فِي مَظْهَرِهِ نَزْهًا نَظِيفًا، مُتَنَعِّمًا فِي مَعِيشَتِهِ،
Ibn al-Jawzi was elegant in his appearance, modest and clean, and enjoyed the comforts of his life,
مَظْهَرِهِ — his appearance. A noun with a 'his' tail pointing back to the man, in the after-preposition case under 'in'. It names the sphere of the elegance and carries its owner inside the word rather than as a separate 'his'.
From: The Preacher's Legacy →كَانَ اِبْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ أَنِيقًا فِي مَظْهَرِهِ نَزِيهًا نَظِيفًا،
Ibn al-Jawzi was elegant in his appearance, upright and clean,
مَظْهَرِهِ — his appearance. A noun with a 'his' tail pointing back to the man, in the after-preposition case under 'in'. It names the sphere of elegance and carries its owner inside the word.
From: Sermons, Wit, and Sorrow →OpenArabic teaches words like مَظْهَر through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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