Arabic vocabulary
اسْتَوْطَنَreside
How to say “reside” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
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.
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