Arabic vocabulary
راهن is how you say “current” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وإذا كانوا يقولون الوقت الحاضر والساعة الراهنة وإن لم يفعلا ذلك فكيف يمتنع أن يقولوا ماء دافق وعيشة راضية
And if they say 'the present time' and 'the current hour' without those phrases acting, how could they refrain from saying 'gushing water' and 'contented life'?
الرَّاهِنَةَ — current. An adjective made definite by al- to agree with 'the hour', 'the current'. Again an active-looking form that merely describes the hour as present, illustrating the same point.
From: Creating Life from Nothing →OpenArabic teaches words like راهن through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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