Arabic vocabulary
تَجَاهُلًاfeigning indifference in Arabic
تَجَاهُلًا is how you say “feigning indifference” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
قَالَ أَبُو فِرَاسٍ أَرْوَحُ الْقَلْبَ بِبَعْضِ الْهَزْلِ تَجَاهُلًا مِنِّي بِغَيْرِ جَهْلٍ،
Abu Firas said: I enliven the heart with some levity, feigning indifference, but not out of ignorance.
تَجَاهُلًا — feigning indifference. A noun built from a verb (an action-as-noun, 'a feigning-ignorance') used here to state the manner or reason of the main action. It wears the accusative ending that marks such manner-nouns, reading 'doing so as a feigned indifference'.
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