Arabic vocabulary
عِيرَcaravan
How to say “caravan” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ اِسْتَنْفَرَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ النَّاسَ قَالَ أَدْرِكُوا عِيرَكُمْ
When the day of Badr came, Abu Jahl roused the people and said, "Save your caravan!"
عِيرَكُمْ — your caravan. A noun with attached -kum 'your (plural)' fusing owner and owned — 'your caravan'. As the thing to be saved it takes the object (accusative) ending, marking it as what the command governs.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →
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