Arabic vocabulary
شِمَالleft
How to say “left” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وتارَة عَن شِمَالِه
And at times, to his left.
شِمَالِهِ — his left. 'Left (side)' with '-hi' (his) attached, genitive after 'on' — 'to his left'. Circling the Prophet on every side out of caution.
From: The Night of the Migration →
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