طريق (tariiq) — "road" in Modern Standard Arabic
طريق
Tariiq
road
- Topic
- city and transportation
- Seen in
- 2 of our stories
"road" in the other dialects
طريق in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
كان الطريق الى مكتبه مزدحما كالعادة لكنه اعتاد على ذلك
Kana al-tareeq ila maktabihi muzdahiman kal-'adah, lakinahu i'tada 'ala thalik.
The road to his office was crowded as usual, but he was used to it.
from A Busy Arab Morning
اقول له من فضلك اين الطريق الى المكتبة
Aqul lahu: min fadlika, ayna al-tariq ila al-maktabah?
I say to him, 'Please, where is the road to the library?'
from Lost in the City
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