Arabic vocabulary
وَطَنَto settle
How to say “to settle” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
احفظ لسانك من الفضول، وعينك من التشتت، ويدك من العبث، فإن الجوارح أبواب القلب، وما يدخلها يستوطن سريرته
Guard your tongue from curiosity, your eyes from distraction, and your hands from trifling, for the senses are gateways to the heart, and what enters them takes root in its core.
يَسْتَوْطِنُ — takes root. Present-tense verb 'yastawtin' = 'it settles in, makes a home'; subject 'it' is built in.
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