How to say "luck" in Arabic
New wordMeaningluck
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَظّ
ḥaẓẓחט'
حظ
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מזל
mazalمَازَال
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.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
زْهر
zherזהרDarija's luck is zher: ʿandu z-zher — he is lucky.
In a phrase
حَظّ سَعِيد
ḥaẓẓ saʿīdחט' סעידGood luck!
Plural
حُظُوظ
ḥuẓūẓחט'וט'broken plural CuCūC — like قَلْب→قُلُوب