Arabic vocabulary
ذَهَبٍgold in Arabic
ذَهَبٍ is how you say “gold” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
قَالُوا نَبْنِى صَوْمَعَتَكَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ
They said, "Let us build your minaret of gold."
ذَهَبٍ — gold. The material itself, 'gold', governed by 'out of' and wearing the genitive ending that preposition forces. Its -in tail also marks it indefinite, so it is 'gold' in general, the substance of the offer.
From: Those Who Spoke in the Cradle →
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