Arabic vocabulary
غِشَاوَة is how you say “veil” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وَأرْسل حَمَامَتَيْنِ فاتخذتا هُنَاكَ عشا جعل على أبصار الطالبين غشاوة
And He sent two doves that made a nest there, creating a veil over the seekers' eyes.
غِشَاوَةً — a veil. The second object of 'placed', accusative ('-an' tanwin), indefinite — a covering / film. What was set over their eyes so they could not see.
From: The Night of the Migration →OpenArabic teaches words like غِشَاوَة through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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