How to say "inside" in Arabic
New wordMeaninginside
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
دَاخِلَ
dākhilaדאח'ל
داخل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בתוך
betokhبِتُوخ
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.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
جُوَّا
juwwāג'ואThe everyday Levantine word for "inside, indoors" is juwwā.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
جُوَّه
guwwaגואCairo: guwwa, with the hard g.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
لْدَاخل
l-dākhelלדאח'לDarija says l-dākhel for 'inside, indoors' and l-berra for 'outside'.
In a phrase
دَاخِلَ الْغُرْفَة
dākhila al-ghurfaדאח'ל אל-ע'רפהinside the room