Arabic vocabulary

زَحْفbattlefield in Arabic

زَحْف is how you say “battlefield” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فَذَكَرَ مِنْهَا الشِّرْكَ بِاللَّهِ، وَالسِّحْرَ، وَقَتْلَ النَّفْسِ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ، وَأَكْلَ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ، وَأَكْلَ الرِّبَا، وَالتَّوَلِّيَ يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ، وَقَذْفَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ
He mentioned among them: associating partners with Allah, sorcery, unjust killing, consuming the wealth of an orphan, usury, fleeing from the battlefield, and falsely accusing chaste, unaware, believing women - agreed upon by scholars.
الزَّحْفِ — of the battlefield. The owner-noun completing 'the day of the advance', set straight after with no word for 'of', so it is in the (genitive) possessor form. It pins the time of the fleeing to the battle-charge.
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