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Arabic translation

Phonological Alliteration: "the Saudi people have
taken their values and traditions
Assonance: "a unique and
""important part
"a Crossroads of the World"
means the use of )Alliteration(
the same consonant at the
beginning of words in a
line of sentence
‫= الـ‬The
‫ =هم‬Their
means they use ) Assonance(
of the same vowel in the
words of a line or sentence
‫فريد‬: Unique
‫مهم‬:Important
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‫ تقاطع طرق‬: Crossroads
‫ عالم‬:World
Morphological :Inflection ‫ تقاليد‬:Traditions
traditions" (plural form of " ‫ المرأة السعودية‬: Saudi women
"tradition") -—————
-———— ‫ ماقبل اإلسالم‬: Pre-Islamic
the traditional clothing of Saudi "
‫ مخصص‬: Dedicated
women," referring to the female
.(gender) ——————
——————— ‫ تقليد‬: Long-standing tradition
:Prefixation ‫عريق‬
"Pre- in "pre-Islamic -————————
"De- in "dedicated ‫ تشكلت‬: Has been shaped
————————— ‫ آثر‬:Has been enriched
:compound adjectives
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Long-standing tradition
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:Aspects
Has been shaped
Has been enriched
Syntactic :Adverbial clause :Adverbial clause
The pilgrims brought ivory from Africa ‫أحضر الحجاج العاج من إفريقيا‬
and carpets from the East, and took ‫ وأعادوا البضائع‬،‫والسجاد من الشرق‬
.local goods back to their homelands .‫المحلية إلى أوطانهم‬

As early as 3,000 BC, Arabian

merchants were part of a far-reaching
trade network that extended to south
.Asia, the Mediterranean and Egypt
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،‫ قبل الميالد‬3000 ‫في وقت مبكر من‬
‫كان التجار العرب جزًءا من شبكة‬
‫تجارية بعيدة المدى امتدت إلى جنوب‬
.‫آسيا والبحر األبيض المتوسط ومصر‬

:Nominal phrase ————————————

The willingness of Abraham to -—
.sacrifice his son
:Nominal phrase
.The pilgrims from around the world

-———— ‫استعداد إبراهيم عليه السالم للتضحية‬

.‫بابنه‬
:Phrasal verbs
took back .‫الحجاج من جميع أنحاء العالم‬
———————
———————
:Relative clause
Phrasal verb
the crossroads of the world, which
was located at the center of ancient Took back
.trade routes ‫أحضر الحجاج العاج من إفريقيا‬
‫ وأعادوا البضائع‬,‫والسجاد من الشرق‬
. .‫المحلية إلى أوطانهم‬
 Hajj season, during which millions of
Muslim pilgrims from around the
world come to Makkah
-———————————
:Relative clause
‫ الذي كان يقع في‬،‫مفترق طرق العالم‬
.‫وسط طرق التجارة القديمة‬

‫ الذي يأتي خالله الماليين‬،‫موسم الحج‬

‫من الحجاج المسلمين من جميع أنحاء‬
.‫العالم إلى مكة المكرمة‬
Semantic :collocations :collocations

rich heritage ‫ تراث غني‬rich heritage

dynamic period
‫ فترة ديناميكية‬dynamic period
long-standing tradition
‫تقليد‬long-standing tradition
-——————————— ‫عريق‬

Words that are not lexicalized in -———————————

English
Words that are not lexicalized
:in English
Hajj
Umrah
Shahada Hajj
Salat refers to the annual pilgrimage
to Mecca that is required of all
Muslims who are physically
and financially able to make it.
The word is Arabic and does
not have a direct equivalent in
.English
———

Umrah
refers to a minor pilgrimage to
Mecca that is not required of
all Muslims, but is considered
to be a meritorious act. The
word is Arabic and does not
have a direct equivalent in
.English

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Shahada
 The word "Shahada" refers to
the profession of faith in
Islam, which is "There is no
god but Allah, and
Muhammad is the messenger
".of Allah
———
Salat
The word "Salat" refers to the
five daily prayers that are
.obligatory for all Muslims
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