Arabic vocabulary
جاهلignorant in Arabic
جاهل is how you say “ignorant” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
أما الجاهل فإنه يجزع عند البلاء،
But the ignorant one panics at tribulation,
الجَاهِلُ — the ignorant one. The topic raised by 'as for...', 'the ignorant one', set against the wise person of the earlier passage. It carries the subject ending and stays definite with 'the', naming a type rather than an individual.
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