Arabic vocabulary
How to say “secret” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
النيةُ لا تُعلَنُ للناس بقدر ما تُدرَّبُ في السرّ؛
Intention is not declared to people as much as it is cultivated in secret.
السِّرِّ — secret. 'the secret / private,' in the -i form after 'in.' Intention is cultivated 'in secret' — quietly, unseen. The maxim's point: shape your purpose privately, do not advertise it.
From: Purifying Your Intentions →OpenArabic teaches words like سِرٍّ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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