How to say "on my head (Levantine idiom) → gladly!, of course! (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningon my head (Levantine idiom) → gladly!, of course! (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَلَى رَأْسِي
ʿalā raʾsīעלא ראסי
على رأسي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עלא ראסי
ala rasiأَلَا رَاسِي
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ر-أ-سHebrew root
ר-א-שLiterally 'on my head' — the same رَأْس/ראש this app's body entry covers, put to idiomatic use for eager willingness: you'd carry the favor on your own head. Israeli slang borrowed the whole idiom to mean 'absolutely, gladly.'
Related Hebrew word:ראשroshرُوش
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In a phrase
حَاضِر، عَلَى رَأْسِي
ḥāḍir, ʿalā raʾsīחאצ'ר, עלא ראסיof course, gladly!
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