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period in Arabic

فَتْرَة fatra

UK/ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/

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British/ˈpɪːɹɪjəd/

period in Arabic: فَتْرَة (fatra), مُدَّة (mudda), عَصْر (ʕaṣr), مَرْحَلَة زَمْنِيَّة (marḥala zamniyya). In English, period means a length of time.

Arabic words for period

interval of time
فَتْرَة fatra, مُدَّة mudda
history: period of time seen as coherent entity
مَرْحَلَة زَمْنِيَّة marḥala zamniyya, مُدَّة mudda, حِين ḥīn, فَتْرَة fatra, عَصْر ʕaṣr
length of time during which something repeats
حَدَث مُتَكَرِّر ḥadaṯ mutakarrir
punctation mark “.”
نُقْطَة nuqṭa, عَلَامَة فَصْلِيَّة ʕalāma faṣliyya
division of school day
حِصَّةٌ ḥiṣṣatun
geochronologic unit
عَصْر ʕaṣr

English meaning of period

  1. noun A length of time.
  2. noun A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
  3. noun The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
  4. noun A decisive end to something; a stop.

Full definition of period

period in a sentence

  • There was a period of confusion following the announcement.
  • You'll be on probation for a six-month period.
  • Food rationing continued in the post-war period.

Synonyms of period

All synonyms of period

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Questions about period in Arabic

What is the meaning of period in Arabic?
Period in Arabic is فَتْرَة (fatra), مُدَّة (mudda), عَصْر (ʕaṣr), مَرْحَلَة زَمْنِيَّة (marḥala zamniyya).
ما معنى كلمة period؟
Period: فَتْرَة (fatra), مُدَّة (mudda), عَصْر (ʕaṣr), مَرْحَلَة زَمْنِيَّة (marḥala zamniyya).
What does period mean in English?
Period means a length of time.

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