Arabic vocabulary
نُكْتَةٌ is how you say “essence” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
ونكتة الْمَسْأَلَة أَنَّهُ لَا يرى ربه إِلَّا محسنا، وَلَا يرى نَفسه إِلَّا مسيئا
And the essence of the matter is that he sees his Lord as nothing but good, and himself as nothing but wrong.
وَنُكْتَةُ — and the essence. wa- = 'and'; nukta means 'the subtle point, the gist', heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word.
From: Returning to God →OpenArabic teaches words like نُكْتَةٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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