Arabic vocabulary

استأجرhire in Arabic

استأجر is how you say “hire” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وقال الثالث اللهم استأجرت أجراء وأعطيتهم أجرهم غير رجل واحد ترك الذى له وذهب، فثمرت أجره حتى كثرت منه الأموال،
The third said: 'O Allah, I hired laborers and paid them their wages except for one man who left without taking his pay. I invested his wages until they multiplied into wealth.'
اسْتَأْجَرْتُ — I hired. This is a past-tense verb with 'I' in the ending, 'I hired'. It opens his account in completed past time and governs the following noun as the people he employed.
From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →

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