How to say "until" in Arabic
New wordMeaninguntil
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَتَّى
ḥattāחתא
حتى
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עד
adأَد
How the two words are related
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No accepted Hebrew relative. It's tempting to reach for עַד, 'until' — same job, similar length — but the consonants don't line up (ע regularly matches Arabic ع, not ح; ד matches د, not ت), so despite the shared sense these are best treated as unrelated words that happen to do the same work.
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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
لِحَدّ
liḥaddלחדCairo's until is liḥadd: liḥadd bukra, until tomorrow.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حتَّى
ḥettaחתאDarija's ḥetta means until — and also even.
In a phrase
اِنْتَظِرْ حَتَّى الْمَسَاء
intaẓir ḥattā al-masāʾאנתט'ר חתא אל-מסאאWait until evening.