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النَّوَادِرُ the anecdotes in Arabic

النَّوَادِرُ is how you say “the anecdotes” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَعَنْ الأَصْمَعِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرَّشِيدَ يَقُولُ النَّوَادِرُ تَشْحَذُ الأَذْهَانَ وَتَفْتُقُ الآذَانَ

And from al-Asma'i: I heard al-Rashid say, "Anecdotes sharpen minds and quicken ears."

النَّوَادِرُ anecdotes

The al- makes this plural definite, 'the' anecdotes, the known kind. It stands as the doer of the two verbs that follow, so it serves as the subject of 'sharpen' and 'quicken'.

From Permissible Laughter and Conduct

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