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  2. Breastfeeding - Wikipedia

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    A baby being breastfed Video summary of article with script. Breastfeeding, also known as nursing, is the process where breast milk is fed to a child. [1] [2] Infants may suck the milk directly from the breast, or milk may be extracted with a pump and then fed to the infant.

  3. List of English words of Arabic origin - Wikipedia

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    The list above included the six textile fabric names cotton, damask, gauze, macramé, mohair, & muslin, and the three textile dye names anil, crimson/kermes, and safflower, and the garment names jumper and sash. The following are three lesser-used textile words that were not listed: camlet, [8] morocco leather, [9] and tabby. Those have ...

  4. Lisan al-Arab - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, the Lisān al-Arab notes its direct sources, but not or seldom their sources, making it hard to trace the linguistic history of certain words. Murtaḍá al-Zabīdī corrected this in his Tāj al-ʿArūs , that itself goes back to the Lisān .

  5. Zamzam Well - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the name is uncertain. [3] According to historian Jacqueline Chabbi, the noun Arabic: زمزم, romanized: Zamzam is an onomatopoeia.She associates the noun with the adjectives Arabic: زمزم, romanized: zamzam and Arabic: زمازم, romanized: zumāzim which are onomatopoeic denoting a dull sound stemming from either a distant roll (of thunder) or a guttural sound emitted ...

  6. Arabic grammar - Wikipedia

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    The efforts of al-Farahidi and Sibawayh consolidated Basra's reputation as the analytic school of grammar, while the Kufan school was regarded as the guardian of Arabic poetry and Arab culture. [2] The differences were polarizing in some cases, with early Muslim scholar Muhammad ibn `Isa at-Tirmidhi favoring the Kufan school due to its concern ...

  7. History of the Arabs - Wikipedia

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    Façade of Al Khazneh in Petra, Jordan, built by the Nabateans.. Ancient North Arabian texts give a clearer picture of Arabic's developmental history and emergence. Ancient North Arabian is a collection of texts from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria which not only recorded ancient forms of Arabic, such as Safaitic and Hismaic, but also of pre-Arabic languages previously spoken in the Arabian ...

  8. Roc (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Ibn Battuta tells of a mountain hovering in the air over the China Seas, which was the roc. [1] The story collection One Thousand and One Nights includes tales " Abd al-Rahman the Maghribi 's Story of the Rukh" and " Sinbad the Sailor ", both of which include the roc.

  9. Saudi riyal - Wikipedia

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    Saudi Arabia is a member of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, which planned a monetary union with a single currency by 2010. [ 2 ] [ 23 ] However, all GCC countries operate with their own currency so far.