How to say "above, over" in Arabic
New wordMeaningabove, over
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَوْقَ
fawqaפוק
فوق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מעל
me'alمِئَال
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
فُوق
fōʾפואCairo says fōʾ: aw → ō and the qāf a glottal stop.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
فُوق
fūqפוקDarija says fūq with a real q: ṭleʿ l-fūq — 'go upstairs'.
In a phrase
فَوْقَ السَّحَاب
fawqa as-saḥābפוק א-סחאבabove the clouds