Arabic vocabulary
How to say “asks permission” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَسْتَأْذِنُ
So I said, O Messenger of God, this is Abu Bakr asking permission to enter.
يَسْتَأْذِنُ — he asks permission. A present-tense verb of the 'seek to...' pattern, 'he is seeking permission', whose shape adds the 'ask for' sense to the bare root; a built-in 'he' is the doer. It describes Abu Bakr's ongoing request.
From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →فَقُلْتُ هَذَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَسْتَأْذِنُ فَقَالَ اِئْذِنْ لَهُ وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ
I said, "This is Umar ibn al‑Khattab; he is asking permission." He said, "Permit him and give him the glad tidings of Paradise."
يَسْتَأْذِنُ — is asking permission. A present-tense verb of the 'seek to...' pattern, 'is seeking permission', the shape adding the 'ask for' sense; a built-in 'he' is the doer. It describes Umar's ongoing request.
From: Three Companions Promised Paradise →OpenArabic teaches words like يَسْتَأْذِنُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
Get the app