Arabic vocabulary
حَرْفًاletter in Arabic
حَرْفًا is how you say “letter” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
لَيْتَنِي أَكُونُ حَيًّا ذَكَرَ حَرْفًا
I wish I were alive to hear him mention a single letter.
حَرْفًا — a single letter. The thing mentioned, sitting as the object of 'mentioned', so it wears the -an accusative that marks what an action falls on. It is left indefinite, 'a (single) letter', which together with the verb stresses how even one word would be treasured.
From: The Night of Revelation and Consolation →
Related words
Learn Arabic vocabulary in context
OpenArabic teaches words like حَرْفًا through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
Get the app