نَهْر
English meaning: River (major waterway)
Arabic Definition
(العربية)النَّهْر هو المجرى المائي الطبيعي الكبير الذي نشأت على ضفافه الحضارات الإنسانية الأولى. وقد شكّل نهرا النيل والفرات عصبَ الحياة في الوطن العربي منذ آلاف السنين.
English Definition
A significant natural waterway; rivers like the Nile and Euphrates were the cradles of the earliest human civilizations.
Example
“نشأت حضارتا بابل وآشور على ضفاف نهري دجلة والفرات.”
In English: “The civilizations of Babylon and Assyria arose on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.”
Synonyms
- وادٍ
- فرات
Literary Heritage
“سَافَرتُ فِي أَرجَاءِ الأَرضِ وَشَاهَدتُ بِعَينَيَّ مَا لَم يَرَهُ غَيرِي مِن تَنَوُّعِ البِلَادِ وَاختِلَافِ المَمَالِكِ”
/Sāfartu fī arjāʾi al-arḍi wa-shāhadtu bi-ʿaynayya mā lam yarahu ghayrī min tanawwuʿi al-bilādi wa-ikhtilāfi al-mamālik/
“I traveled to the corners of the earth and witnessed with my own eyes the diversity of lands and the differences of kingdoms that no other has seen.”
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