How to say "party, celebration" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningparty, celebration
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَفْلَة
ḥaflaחפלה
حفلة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מסיבה
mesibaمِسِيبَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ح-ف-لIsraeli Hebrew slang borrowed this one whole and unchanged: a חפלה is exactly a ḥafla, loud music included. It never made it into formal Hebrew — מסיבה stays the dictionary word — but everyone knows what a חפלה is.
Related Hebrew word:חפלהkhaflaخَفْلَا
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In a phrase
حَفْلَة كَبِيرَة
ḥafla kabīraחפלה כבירהa big party
Plural
حَفْلَات
ḥaflātחפלאתsound feminine plural -āt