Arabic vocabulary
How to say “childhood” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وعلى علي الذي من زمن الطفولية في الإسلام ربي،
And upon Ali, who was nurtured in Islam since childhood.
ٱلطُّفُولِيَّةِ — childhood. The al- makes this definite, 'the childhood'. As the owner closing the pairing 'the time of childhood', it stands directly after the owned noun and takes the -i possessor ending.
From: The Story of Prophet Joseph →OpenArabic teaches words like طُفُولِيَّة through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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