Arabic vocabulary
How to say “cosmos” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
فسبحان مدبر الفلك ولو لم يدر لم يدر،
Glory be to the Manager of the cosmos, and had He not directed it, it would not rotate,
الفَلَكِ — the cosmos. The owner half of the possessive pair, carrying the 'of' ending and set directly after the manager-noun. This side-by-side placement with the matching ending is exactly how Arabic expresses 'manager of the cosmos' without a separate word for 'of'.
From: Rain and God's Decree →OpenArabic teaches words like فَلَكٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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