How to say "I missed you" in Arabic

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MeaningI missed you

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

اِشْتَقْتُ إِلَيْك

ishtaqtu ilaykאשתקת אליך

اشتقت إليك

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

התגעגעתי אליך

hitga'agati elekhaهِتْگَاءَاگَاتِي إِلِخَا

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ش-و-ق

How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.

Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

وَحَشْتِنِي

waḥashtinīוחשתני

Cairo's classic: waḥashtinī, 'you left me lonely' — the same w-ḥ-sh root as wiḥish, 'bad'.

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

تْوَحّشْتك

twaḥḥeshtekתוחשתך

Darija: twaḥḥeshtek, the same 'loneliness' root in a Darija shape.

اِشْتَقْتُ إِلَيْك كَثِيرًا

ishtaqtu ilayk kathīranאשתקת אליך כת'ירן

I missed you a lot