How to say "the honor is mine (reply to nice-to-meet-you)" in Arabic
False friendMeaningthe honor is mine (reply to nice-to-meet-you)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
الشَّرَف لِي
ash-sharaf līא-שרף לי
الشرف لي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
הכבוד שלי
hakavod sheliهَاكَاڤُود شِلِي
How the two words are related
False friend
Sounds like a Hebrew word but means something else — handle with care.
Arabic root
ش-ر-فSame root as تشرفنا above — ش-ر-ف, 'height, honor.' It matches Hebrew שרף/שָׂרָף, 'to burn, seraph,' letter-for-letter by the regular sound correspondence, but 'lofty/honored' and 'burning' have no established historical connection — a sound-alike, not a demonstrable shared word.
Related Hebrew word:שרףsarafسَارَاف
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In a phrase
الشَّرَف لِي أَنَا
ash-sharaf lī anāא-שרף לי אנאno, the honor is mine