No. 2,740 in Arabic

تسمى

It means "is called" or "is named."

In a sentence

هذه المدينة تسمى القاهرة.
This city is called Cairo.
The word 'تسمى' means 'is called' in this sentence, indicating the name by which the city is referred to.
هذه الطائر تسمى الحمامة.
This bird is called the dove.
Here, 'تسمى' is used to denote what the bird is typically named.
العملية تسمى التكامل.
The process is called integration.
The term 'تسمى' functions to introduce the specific name of the process being described.

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