Arabic vocabulary
دونother than in Arabic
دون is how you say “other than” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَسَائِر اللَّذَّات دون هَذِه اللَّذَّة مضمحلة فانية
And all pleasures other than this pleasure are fleeting and perishable.
دُونَ — other than. A relation-word 'short of / besides', frozen in the accusative and governing the genitive — 'apart from'. It excludes the one supreme pleasure.
From: Directing Desire Toward God →
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