How to say "empty" in Arabic
New wordMeaningempty
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَارِغ
fārighפארע'
فارغ
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ריק
rekرِك
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ف-ر-غLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
فَاضِي
fāḍiפאצ'יThe usual spoken word is fāḍi — which also means free, not busy.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
فَاضِي
fāḍiפאצ'יfāḍi — also 'free, not busy'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
خَاوِي
khāwiח'אויA different word: khāwi is the Darija 'empty'.
In a phrase
الشَّارِع فَارِغ
ash-shāriʿ fārighא-שארע פארע'the street is empty
Feminine
فَارِغَة
fārighaפארע'ה