How to say "to try, attempt" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto try, attempt
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَاوَلَ
ḥāwalaחאול
حاول
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ניסה
nisaنِيسَا
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.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
حَاوِل
ḥāwilחאולCairo says ḥāwil.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حَاول
ḥāwelחאולDarija: ḥāwel.
In a phrase
حَاوَلَ أَن يَفْهَم الدَّرْس
ḥāwala an yafham ad-darsחאול אן יפהם א-דרסHe tried to understand the lesson