Arabic for flour

TaHiin
ﻃَﺤِﻴﻦ
flour – masculine singular

The Arabic word for flour is pronounced TaHiin and written ﻃَﺤِﻴﻦ.

Category: food
Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word flour consists of three Arabic letters: Ta that is written and pronounced T, Ha that is written and pronounced H and nun that is written and pronounced n. Words with the same root letters are often related.

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The word flour letter by letter

ﻃَﺤِﻴﻦ
ﻃـ
ـﺤـ
ـﻴـ
ـﻦ
 
ﻃـ
ـﺤـ
ـﻴـ
ـﻦ
 
ﻃـ
ـﻄـ
ـﻂ
ﺣـ
ـﺤـ
ـﺢ
ﻳـ
ـﻴـ
ـﻲ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
 
Ta
T
Ha
H
ya
y
nun
n
 
 
The Arabic word for flour consists of: The letter Ta that is written ﻁ ( here ﻃـ ) and pronounced T and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter Ha that is written ﺡ ( here ـﺤـ ) and pronounced H and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter ya that is written ﻱ ( here ـﻴـ ) and pronounced y. The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻦ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. Therefore, the word is writen ﻃَﺤِﻴﻦ and pronounced TaHiin.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for flour

fa3iil becomes TaHiin

We have seen that the Arabic word for flour is written ﻃَﺤِﻴﻦ and pronounced TaHiin. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3iil where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3iil and the root letters are T, H and n, the word becomes TaHiin.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

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