How to say "please" in Arabic
New wordMeaningplease
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِن فَضْلِكَ
min faḍlikaמן פצ'לך
من فضلك
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בבקשה
bevakashaبِڤَاكَاشَا
How the two words are related
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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
لَو سَمَحْت
law samaḥtלו סמחתLiterally 'if you permit' — the more common spoken please.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
لَو سَمَحْت
law samaḥtלו סמחתCairo says law samaḥt too (law samaḥti to a woman); min faḍlak is just as common.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
عَافَاك
ʿafākעפאךDarija's please is ʿafāk — a blessing, 'may God keep you well', worn down to a particle.
In a phrase
مِن فَضْلِكَ، سَاعِدْنِي
min faḍlika, sāʿidnīמן פצ'לך, סאעדניplease, help me