Arabic vocabulary

ظَواهِرُoutward appearance in Arabic

ظَواهِرُ is how you say “outward appearance” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

بَاطِنُهُمْ كَظَواهِرِهِمْ؛
Their inward is like their outward appearance.
كَظَواهِرِهِمْ — like their outward appearance. This opens with the ka- prefix, a particle of resemblance meaning 'like/as', which sets up a comparison and governs the noun it rides on. That noun also carries -hum ('their'), so the whole word reads as the yardstick the inner self is measured against: their outward appearance, with the ka- doing the equating that English needs a separate 'like' for.
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