No. 626 in Arabic
السنة
The Arabic word "السنة" can mean "the year" or refer to "the Sunnah" (the teachings and practices of Prophet Muhammad in Islam) depending on context.
In a sentence
هذه السنة جميلة.
This year is beautiful.
Here, 'السنة' refers to 'the year' as a specific period of time.
السنة تحتوي على اثني عشر شهرًا.
A year contains twelve months.
In this example, 'السنة' is used to denote the general concept of a year.
درست في الخارج السنة الماضية.
I studied abroad last year.
Here, 'السنة' is linked with 'الماضية' (last) to specify a particular year in the past.
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