How to say "now" in Arabic

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Meaningnow

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

الْآن

al-ānאל-אן

الآن

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

עכשיו

akhshavأَخْشَاڤ

How the two words are related

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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.

Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

هَلَّق

hallaʾהלא

Urban Levantine says hallaʾ; al-ʾān is strictly formal in speech.

Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

دِلْوَقْتِي

dilwaʾtiדלואתי

Cairo's 'now' is dilwaʾti, literally 'this time'.

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

دَابَا

dābaדאבא

Darija's 'now' is dāba.

الْآن أَو غَدًا؟

al-ān aw ghadan?אל-אן או ע'דן?

now or tomorrow?