How to say "boredom" in Arabic
New wordMeaningboredom
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَلَل
malalמלל
ملل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שעמום
shi'amumشِيئَامُوم
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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.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
زَهَق
zahaʾזהאCairo's boredom is zahaʾ — ana zahʾān, I'm bored.
In a phrase
مَلَل شَدِيد
malal shadīdמלל שדידsheer boredom