How to say "immediately, right away" in Arabic
New wordMeaningimmediately, right away
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَوْرًا
fawranפורן
فورا
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מיד
miyadمِيَاد
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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
عَلَى طُول
ʿalā ṭūlעלא טולEveryday speech usually reaches for this instead, literally 'along the length' — 'straight away'.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
عَلَى طُول
ʿala ṭūlעלא טולSame in Cairo: ʿala ṭūl — which also means 'straight ahead'.
In a phrase
اِتَّصَلَ بِي فَوْرًا
ittaṣala bī fawranאתצל בי פורןhe called me immediately