Arabic vocabulary
أَعْجَمِيforeigner in Arabic
أَعْجَمِي is how you say “foreigner” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
والأعجمي يصيح زنهار
And the foreigner cries, 'Zanahar' (Woe),
وَالْأَعْجَمِيُّ — And the foreigner. The 'and' links this new clause to the previous one and keeps the parallel between Arab and foreigner, while the 'the' beneath it marks the noun as a known general type. The pairing sets up a deliberate contrast of two speakers reacting the same way.
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