Arabic vocabulary
غَارِcave in Arabic
غَارِ is how you say “cave” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root غ ر ر (gh-r-r)noun (common noun)Pronounced ghāri
Meaning of cave in Arabic
- a cave; a hollow or cavern in a mountain or rock — shown here with the genitive/construct case ending (-i), as in a phrase like 'the cave of...'
غَارِ is the everyday concrete noun for a natural cave or cavern, given here in a case-inflected (genitive/construct) form rather than the bare citation form غار. It functions as an ordinary place-noun rather than an abstract or verbal noun.
Words from the same root
- غَرَّto deceive, beguile; to make someone desire what is false (verb, form I)
- غُرُورٌdelusion; deceptive allure (e.g. of worldly life)
- غِرَّةٌheedlessness, inexperience, unwariness
- غَرَرٌrisk, hazard; rash exposure of oneself to loss or peril
- غَرِيرٌone who is deceived; an unwary, inexperienced person
- مَغْرُورٌa deceived or deluded person
- غُرَّةٌa white blaze on a horse's or camel's forehead
Common questions
- How do you say "cave" in Arabic?
- غار (ghār).
- What does the verb غَرَّ mean?
- It means "to deceive" or "beguile" — to make someone desire something false, as in the Qur'anic phrase مَا غَرَّكَ, "what has deceived you?"
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
فَكَانَ يَلْحْقُ بِغَارِ حِرَاءِ
So he would go to the Cave of Hira.
بِغَارِ — to the cave. A preposition fused onto the noun for 'cave', forcing it into the genitive and marking it as the destination he kept reaching. The prefix supplies the 'to/at' relationship that the verb of movement needs.
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