Arabic vocabulary
ضَبْطٌ is how you say “control” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
ومع كل فجر، جدّد العهد أن أكون اليوم أصدق قليلًا، أرحم قليلًا، أضبط جوارحي أكثر
And with each dawn, renew the covenant: to be a bit more truthful today, a bit more compassionate, and to control my senses better.
أَضْبَطَ — to control. 'adbat' = 'more in control of'; a comparison form, so 'more controlling of...'.
From: On Sincerity →OpenArabic teaches words like ضَبْطٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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