Arabic vocabulary

غَرَابَةَsurprise in Arabic

غَرَابَةَ is how you say “surprise” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فَلَا غَرَابَةَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ الْمُصَنِّفَيْنِ فِي الإِسْلَامِ،
So it is no surprise that he was among the most prolific authors in Islam,
غَرَابَةَ — surprise. An indefinite noun, 'surprise/oddity', in the object-style case demanded by the negation before it — the 'there is no X' construction puts X in that case. It is what is being denied, and its indefinite shape gives the sweeping 'no surprise at all' force.
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