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مشؤوم
Ill-Omened, Ominous, Sinister, Unfortunately, Unlucky, Fatal, Accursed
لا تملأ الدنيا شؤما
(Don’t fill the world with an evil omen!) Approx.: Talk of the Devil and he will appear!
أبو شاكوش
Hammerhead (Shark)
شاذروان
A fountain; a small water-driven gadget adorned with bells, and the like, resembling a mobile
ص ٣٧ مكرر
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على كر الدهور/على كر الزمن
In the course of time
الكر و الفر
Attack and Retreat (in Battle)
أكذب من مسيلمة
A Greater Liar than Musailima (Proverbially of a Liar)
سجل على نفسه أن
To go on record for (doing or being s.o.)
سجع
To Coo (Pigeon); To Speak in Rhymed Prose

شاذروان
A fountain; a small water-driven gadget adorned with bells, and the like, resembling a mobile
نفاثة
Woman who spits on the Knots (in exercising a form of Arabian witchcraft in which women tie knots in a cord and spit upon them with an imprecation); Sorceress
اقعنسس
Form XIV Verb: To have a Protruding Chest and Hollow Back, be Pigeon-Breasted
الكر و الفر
Attack and Retreat (in Battle)
منمول
Teeming with Ants
مشؤوم
Ill-Omened, Ominous, Sinister, Unfortunately, Unlucky, Fatal, Accursed
زفت و قطران
Damned bad luck! (lit. pitch and tar)
ثلاثاء الزفر
Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday (Chr.)
عزرائيل
Azrael, the Angel of Death
تنمية
Development, furtherance of growth, advancement, expansion, stepping up

The Secret Treasures of Hans Wehr