Arabic vocabulary
اسْتَوْطَنَ is how you say “reside” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
قد أحرزه لنفسه واستوطنه،
which he has taken for himself and inhabited,
وَاسْتَوْطَنَهُ — and inhabited it. 'And' plus a past-tense verb of the 'seek / settle' shape 'made it a homeland', with '-hu' (it) attached. The drawn-out form conveys settling in for good.
From: Repelling the Devil →OpenArabic teaches words like اسْتَوْطَنَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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