Arabic vocabulary
جاهلignorant
How to say “ignorant” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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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