Kuwaiti Arabic Curriculum — Grade 5, Term 1 (لغتي العربية) — Page 183

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَمَعَ مُرُورِ الزَّمَنِ، أَخَذَ العُلَمَاءُ الأُورُوبِيُّونَ هَذَا الِابْتِكَارَ، وَسَمَّوْهُ «الكَامِيرَا»، مُسْتَمِدِّينَ الكَلِمَةَ مُبَاشَرَةً مِنَ «القُمْرَةِ» العَرَبِيَّةِ.

As time passed, European scientists adopted this innovation and named it the "camera," deriving the term directly from the Arabic "Qumra."

وَهَكَذَا، أَصْبَحَتِ القُمْرَةُ كَامِيرَا، وَأَصْبَحَ ابْنُ الهَيْثَمِ الأَبَ الأَوَّلَ لِلتَّصْوِيرِ، وَنَافِذَتُهُ الصَّغِيرَةُ الَّتِي فَتَحَهَا لِلضَّوْءِ، بَاتَتْ نَافِذَتَنَا الكُبْرَى نَحْوَ تَوْثِيقِ العَالَمِ.

The Qumra evolved into the camera, and Ibn al-Haytham became the father of photography. The small aperture he once opened for light has become our primary lens for documenting the world.

طَوَّرَ العُلَمَاءُ هَذِهِ الفِكْرَةَ، فَأَضَافُوا إِلَيْهَا أَفْلَامًا لِلتَّصْوِيرِ، حَتَّى صَارَتِ الكَامِيرَا رَقْمِيَّةً كَمَا نَعْرِفُهَا اليَوْمَ.

Scientists built upon this concept, eventually incorporating photographic film to reach the digital cameras we use today.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (14 verbs · 38 nouns)

• مَرَّ — to pass
• أَخَذَ — to begin
• سَمَّى — to name
• مُرُور — a passing
• زَمَن — time
• عَالِم — scientist