Arabic vocabulary
أَلْفًاthousand in Arabic
أَلْفًا is how you say “thousand” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
قَالَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفًا دِرْهَمًا تَسْتَعِينُ بِهَا عَلَى مَا أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ
He said, "Forty thousand dirhams to help you with your present condition."
أَلْفًا — thousand. A counted noun 'thousand' in the singular-accusative shape that Arabic requires after a numeral like this, a 'distinguishing' noun naming what is counted. The singular form here is normal even though many are meant.
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