How to say "to come" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto come
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَاءَ
jāʾaג'אא
جاء
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בא
baبَا
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.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
إِجَا
ijaאג'אSpoken Levantine says ija for 'came'; the command 'come here!' is taʿāl (تعال).
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
جِه
gihגהCairo says gih, with the hard g: gēt imta? — 'when did you come?'; 'come here!' is taʿāla.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
جَا
jaג'אDarija: ja; jīt — 'I came'; 'come!' is āji.
In a phrase
جَاءَ صَدِيقِي
jāʾa ṣadīqīג'אא צדיקיMy friend came