Arabic vocabulary
How to say “state” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وإلا فالدولة لعدوه عليه، ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العليّ العظيم
Otherwise, the upper hand belongs to his enemy over him, and there is no power or strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Great.
فَالدَّوْلَةُ — so the state. 'Fa-' (the 'then' of the answer) plus 'the turn / upper hand', nominative as the topic — 'then the upper hand…'. The word means a turn of fortune going to one side.
From: How Satan Exploits Weakness →OpenArabic teaches words like دَوْلَةٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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