Arabic vocabulary
طَرَقَknock
How to say “knock” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
سكينةٌ تفتح بابًا للمعنى قبل أن يطرقَه الصوت
A calmness that opens a door to meaning before sound knocks on it.
يَطْرُقَهُ — knocks on it. 'knocks on it,' in the subjunctive (the -a) after 'an,' with '-hu' for the door — 'before sound knocks on it.' Its subject, 'sound,' follows. The image: meaning is welcomed in through the open door before speech even raps at it.
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