مَلَاذٌ refuge in Arabic
مَلَاذٌ is how you say “refuge” in Arabic.
Root ل و ذ l-w-ḏ. noun (noun of place / ism makān). malāḏ.
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Meaning of refuge in Arabic
- a place of refuge, shelter, or protection a place to which one has recourse for safety, preservation, or concealment
- a fortress, stronghold, or fortified place
Example sentence
ولا يرى الملتجي إلى غيره ملاذا،
Nor does the one who seeks shelter in other than Him see refuge.
مَلَاذٗا refuge
This is the object of the verb 'sees', and its -an ending marks it as an indefinite object, 'a refuge'. Under the negation governing the verb, it states that no such refuge is found by the one who looks elsewhere.
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How it is used
Malāḏ is the noun-of-place formed from the verb lāḏa ("to seek refuge in"), so it names the place or thing itself sought for safety — Lane's records it covering both a simple place of shelter and, more specifically, a fortress or stronghold people flee to for protection.
Words from the same root
- لَاذَ (form I) to have recourse to someone/something for refuge; to seek shelter in; to protect or conceal oneself by
- لَاوَذَ (form III) to seek refuge in one another; also, to circumvent or wheedle someone
- أَلْوَذَ (form IV) to cause another to take refuge in someone or something; to shelter another by means of it
- لَوْذٌ the side or flank of a mountain and its surrounding area; a bend in a valley
- مِلْوَذَةٌ a place of refuge (synonym of malāḏ)
- مُلَاوِذٌ used of good that comes only after hard toil, as in the phrase 'khayrun mulāwiḏ' (scant good)
Common questions
- How do you say "refuge" in Arabic?
- مَلَاذٌ (malāḏ) — a place of refuge, shelter, or protection.
- What is the root of مَلَاذٌ and what does it mean?
- It comes from the root ل و ذ (l-w-ḏ), via the verb لَاذَ (lāḏa), "to seek refuge or shelter in someone/something."
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Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).