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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's position on loanwords in Arabic? Question 2 of 6Which word does the essay say Arabic gave to European languages? Question 3 of 6What does the essay imply by noting that young people "keep saying share"? Question 4 of 6Why does the author mention diwan, bustan and firdaws? Question 5 of 6What does calling "meeting" a "social badge" mean? Question 6 of 6What does the closing fear about the Arabic word becoming "the stranger" suggest? Vocabularyحُرَّاس اللُّغَةguardians of the language
خَلِيطmixture
لَا غُبَارَ عَلَيْهَاbeyond reproach
الِاقْتِرَاضborrowing
مُخْجِلَةshameful
الْآرَامِيَّةAramaic
الْفِرْدَوْسparadise
الْجَبْرalgebra
يَسُدُّ فَرَاغًاfills a gap
شَارَةbadge
الدَّخِيلَةloan (words), foreign
هَضَمَتْdigested
الْمَكَانَةstatus