Arabic vocabulary
فَشْتَانَwhat a difference in Arabic
فَشْتَانَ is how you say “what a difference” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَشْتَانَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا
How vast the difference between them is.
فَشْتَانَ — so what a difference. The front 'fa-' draws the conclusion ('so'), and the rest is a frozen exclamation-word that means 'how vast the difference!'. It is not a normal verb or noun but a fixed expression of wonder, here marveling at the gulf between the two things just compared.
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