Arabic vocabulary
محبوبbeloved
How to say “beloved” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَاعجَبا لمن يَدعِي الْمحبَّة وَيحْتَاج إِلَى من يذكرهُ بمحبوبه
How astonishing it is for someone who claims love and needs someone to remind them of their beloved.
بِمَحْبُوبِهِ — of their beloved. 'Bi-' (of) fused with a passive participle 'beloved' plus '-hi' (his) attached, genitive — reminds him 'of his beloved'. The pairing names what he is reminded of.
From: Remembering and Loving God →أقل مَا فِي الْمحبَّة أَنَّهَا لَا تنسيك تذكر المحبوب
The least of what is in love is that it does not let you forget to remember the beloved.
الْمَحْبُوبِ — the beloved. A passive participle 'the beloved', the owner completing 'the remembrance of the beloved', genitive, definite. The one love keeps ever in mind.
From: Remembering and Loving God →
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