How to say "guest" in Arabic
New wordMeaningguest
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ضَيْف
ḍayfצ'יף
ضيف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אורח
oreakhأُورِيَاخ
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ض-ي-فLearn it
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
ضَيْف
ḍēfצ'יףThe ay flattens to ē: ḍēf.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
ضِيف
ḍīfצ'יףDarija turns ay into ī: ḍīf.
In a phrase
ضَيْف عَزِيز
ḍayf ʿazīzצ'יף עזיזa dear guest
Plural
ضُيُوف
ḍuyūfצ'יוףbroken plural CuCūC — like بَيْت→بُيُوت