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English. Arabic.—Phonetic Pronunciation
war ḥarb
water-bottle zamzamīeh
wheel, right—left saghyāna—solyāna—katar
wheeling dāuarān
wing, left—right sōl-kōl—sagh-kōl
wounded magrūḥ, niabtūḥ
wound in the head (contusion) batḥ
34. Commercial and Trading Terms.
Bale bālah
bank bank
basalt hagar iswad
buy (to) ishtara
calico baftah, shāsh
capital rās el-māl
chips (rough stone) dabsh
counting-house maktab
credit (on) shukuk
debt deyn
flint sowān
granite hagar sowān
gravel haswah
leather gild
letter of exchange hawāalah, kambiālah
limestone hagar abiad, or hagar gīr
linen quttān
loan sulfah
loss khasārah
merchant tāgir
mud tīn
package fardah
pay to— daf'a—, wafa—
per cent. bil mīyah
profit fāyidah, maksab
sand rami
sandstone hagar ramleh
sell (to) ba'a
silk ḥarīr
weight wazn, tuql
wool sūf