How to say "good evening" in Arabic
New wordMeaninggood evening
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَسَاء الْخَيْر
masāʾ al-khayrמסאא אל-ח'יר
مساء الخير
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ערב טוב
erev tovإِرِڤ تُوڤ
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مَسَاء الْخَيْر
masāʾ il-khērמסאא אל-ח'ירCairo: masāʾ il-khēr, with ē for ay.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مْسَا الْخِير
msā l-khīrמסא ל-ח'ירDarija: msā l-khīr — hamza gone, ay flattened to ī.
In a phrase
مَسَاء الْخَيْر لِلْجَمِيع
masāʾ al-khayr lil-jamīʿמסאא אל-ח'יר ללג'מיעgood evening, everyone