The seventh-century Arabic poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah is said to have been deeply in love with a woman named Layla. He wrote to her and about her constantly, so much so that after his death, he was ...

Glory and grandeur run through the Arabic word of this week. Kibriyaa goes beyond pride. It suggests majesty and commands ...

Twitter introduced an "Arabic (feminine)" language setting enabling the social media site to speak to users using feminine grammar. Twitter did not introduce a non-binary gender language option in ...

Masculine or feminine - who decides when it comes to new French words? Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash It's something that most French learners will have asked themselves - perhaps before ...

Dua is a word that originated from Arabic. Dua is a feminine name, and it means prayer. It has a beautiful religious context, as in Islam, it is an action of praying to God. Not only this, but Dua ...

We asked teens to play a 'masculine or feminine' word game — and got a surprising glimpse into Gen Z's views toward gender norms. Teens Share How Gen Z Has Changed Its Views On Gender Norms ...

Out of around 230,000 words making up the Italian vocabulary, over 23,000 are considered to be of foreign origin. And though Arabic may not have had as big of an influence on Italian as other foreign ...

For years, claims have connected the root of the word "alcohol" to an Arabic term that purportedly means "body-eating spirit." In a 2023 episode of his podcast, "Hotboxin'," boxer Mike Tyson ...

The Sharjah Ruler has expressed his disapproval over registering and adding foreign words to the Arabic language, saying the practice is becoming prevalent. His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin ...

Interestingly, the word su'al has other Arabic variations to do with the concept of questions. Saa’il (masculine) and saa’ilaa (feminine) refer to the person who asks a question. Sa'ala (masculine) ...