How to say "outside" in Arabic
New wordMeaningoutside
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خَارِجَ
khārijaח'ארג'
خارج
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מחוץ ל־
mikhuts le-مِيخُوتْس لِ-
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
بَرَّا
barrāבראThe everyday word is barrā — usually traced to Aramaic barrā, "the outside, open country", the same בַּר you meet in Talmudic Aramaic.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
بَرَّه
barraבראCairo says barra too: barra! — 'out!'
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
لْبرَّا
l-berraלבראDarija: l-berra — 'outside', and also 'abroad'.
In a phrase
خَارِجَ الْمَدِينَة
khārija al-madīnaח'ארג' אל-מדינהoutside the city