Arabic vocabulary
How to say “gluttony” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
لَو تغذى الْقلب بالمحبة لذهبت عَنهُ بطنة الشَّهَوَات
If the heart were nourished with love, the gluttony of desires would depart from it.
بَطْنَةُ — the gluttony of. 'Over-fullness / gluttony', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the gluttony of desires' — the subject of 'would depart', nominative. It owns the noun that follows.
From: Remembering and Loving God →OpenArabic teaches words like بَطْنَة through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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