How to say "to send" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto send
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَرْسَلَ
arsalaארסל
أرسل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שלח
shalakhشَالَاخ
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ر-س-لLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
بَعَت
baʿatבעתCairo's send is baʿat.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
صِيفط
ṣīfeṭציפטDarija's send is ṣīfeṭ.
In a phrase
أَرْسَلَ رِسَالَة لِأُخْتِه
arsala risāla li-ukhtihארסל רסאלה לאח'תהHe sent a message to his sister