How to say "fine / well" in Arabic
New wordMeaningfine / well
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بِخَيْر
bi-khayrבח'יר
بخير
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בסדר
besederبِسِدِر
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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.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
مْنِيح
mnīḥמניחThe everyday Levantine word for fine/good — answer kīfak? with mnīḥ.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
كْوَيِّس
kwayyisכויסAnswer izzayyak? with kwayyis, il-ḥamdu li-llāh (kwayyisa for a woman).
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
لَابَاس
labāsלבאסDarija answers labās, 'no harm' — or bikhīr, mezyān.
In a phrase
أَنَا بِخَيْر، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّه
anā bi-khayr, al-ḥamdu li-llāhאנא בח'יר, אל-חמד ללהI'm fine, praise God