How to say "no problem" in Arabic

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Meaningno problem

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

لَا مُشْكِلَة

lā mushkilaלא משכלה

لا مشكلة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

אין בעיה

ein be'ayaإِين بِئَايَا

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ش-ك-ل

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

Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

مِش مُشْكِلِة

mish mushkileמש משכלה

mish is the everyday Levantine negator (compare MSA لا) — a colloquial contraction of mā + shī, 'not a thing.'

Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

مِش مُشْكِلَة

mish mushkilaמש משכלה

Cairo: mish mushkila, or mafīsh mushkila, 'there's no problem'.

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

مَا كَايْن مُشْكِل

mā kāyn mushkilמא כאין משכל

Darija: mā kāyn mushkil, 'there is no problem' — kāyn, 'there is', is a core Darija word.

لَا مُشْكِلَة أَبَدًا

lā mushkila abadanלא משכלה אבדן

no problem at all