How to say "first" in Arabic
New wordMeaningfirst
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَوَّل
awwalאוול
أول
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ראשון
rishonرِيشُون
How the two words are related
New word
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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
أَوِّل
awwilאולCairo: awwil, with its usual i.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
لُوّل
luwwelלולDarija's 'first' is luwwel (l-luwwel, 'the first').
In a phrase
الطَّابِق الأَوَّل
aṭ-ṭābiq al-awwalא-טאבק אל-אוולthe first floor