Arabic vocabulary
غِشَاوَةveil
How to say “veil” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
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 →
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