Arabic vocabulary
مُتَكَلِّفٌpretentious in Arabic
مُتَكَلِّفٌ is how you say “pretentious” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَأَن تقضي عَلَيْهِ بآراء الْمُتَكَلِّمين وأفكار المتكلفين
And to judge it with the opinions of the theologians and the speculations of the pretentious,
الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ — of the pretentious. A sound masculine plural in the genitive, the owner completing 'the notions of the over-reachers' — those who force affected interpretations. Paired with the theologians as misguided judges.
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