How to say "because" in Arabic
New wordMeaningbecause
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
لِأَنَّ
liʾannaלאן
لأن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כי / בגלל ש־
ki / biglal she-كِي / بِگْلَال شِ-
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
عَشَان
ʿashānעשאןThe street "because (of) / so that" is ʿashān (also minshān): ʿashān hēk — "that's why".
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
عَشَان
ʿashānעשאןCairo says ʿashān (or ʿalashān) for 'because' and 'in order to': ʿashān kida — 'that's why'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حِيت
ḥītחיתDarija's 'because' is ḥīt (also ḥītāsh, ʿlaḥeqqāsh); 'in order to' is bāsh.
In a phrase
أُحِبّ الْعَرَبِيَّة لِأَنَّهَا جَمِيلَة
uḥibb al-ʿarabiyya liʾannahā jamīlaאחב אל-ערביה לאנהא ג'מילהI love Arabic because it is beautiful.