Arabic vocabulary
How to say “recitation” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
علم القراءة والتجويد
The science of Qur'anic recitation and Tajweed:
الْقِرَاءَةِ — of recitation. This noun, recitation, is the owner half of the pairing, genitive and definite by 'al-', completing 'the science of recitation'. Its definiteness makes the whole phrase definite, and it also coordinates with the next item.
From: When Recitation Breeds Pride →وبأن القراء لا يحفظون إلا شواذ القراءة
and that the reciters do not preserve except the rare readings.
الْقِرَاءَةِ — the reading. This noun, the reading, is the owner half of the pairing, genitive and definite, completing 'the anomalies of the reading'. Its definiteness makes the whole phrase definite, naming the odd variants meant.
From: When Recitation Breeds Pride →OpenArabic teaches words like قِراءة through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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