How to say "dinner" in Arabic
New wordMeaningdinner
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَشَاء
ʿashāʾעשאא
عشاء
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ארוחת ערב
arukhat erevأَرُوخَات إِرِڤ
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
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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
عَشَا
ʿashaעשאCairo: ʿasha, final hamza dropped; itʿashsha — 'he had dinner'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
عْشَا
ʿshaעשאDarija: l-ʿsha; tʿeshsha — 'he had dinner'.
In a phrase
عَشَاء خَفِيف
ʿashāʾ khafīfעשאא ח'פיףa light dinner