How to say "to want" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto want
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَرَادَ
arādaאראד
أراد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
רצה
ratsaرَاتْسَا
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
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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
بِدُّه
biddoבדוLevantine 'want' is not a verb at all: biddo = he wants, biddī = I want, biddak = you want (from b- + widd, 'wish').
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
عَايِز
ʿāyizעאיזCairo's 'want' is the participle ʿāyiz (f. ʿayza, pl. ʿayzīn): ʿāyiz ēh? — 'what do you want?'
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
بْغَى
bghaבע'אDarija: bgha — bghīt, 'I want'; bghīti? — 'do you want?'
In a phrase
أَرَادَ أَن يَنَام
arāda an yanāmאראד אן ינאםHe wanted to sleep