How to say "tomorrow" in Arabic
New wordMeaningtomorrow
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غَدًا
ghadanע'דן
غدا
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מחר
makharمَاخَار
How the two words are related
New word
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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
بُكْرَة
bukraבכרהThe everyday spoken word; ghadan sounds formal. Bonus: bukra's root ب-ك-ر 'early, first' is the root of Hebrew בכור and ביכורים — not of בוקר, which is a different root (ב-ק-ר).
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
بُكْرَة
bukraבכרהCairo says bukra as well.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
غدَّا
gheddaע'דאDarija's tomorrow is ghedda (from ghadan).
In a phrase
أَرَاكَ غَدًا
arāka ghadanאראך ע'דןsee you tomorrow