Arabic vocabulary
How to say “perfume” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
ولبسوا الثوب النظيف وشموا الطيب وأمسكوا عن الحركات،
They would wear clean clothes, smell perfume, and refrain from movements.
الطِّيبَ — the perfume. The al- makes this definite, 'the perfume'. It is the object of the verb 'smelled' and carries the -a ending that marks the thing the action falls upon.
From: The Art of Eating Well →OpenArabic teaches words like طِّيبٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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