How to say "midnight" in Arabic
New wordMeaningmidnight
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُنْتَصَف اللَّيْل
muntaṣaf al-laylמנתצף א-ליל
منتصف الليل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חצות
khatsotخَاتْسُوت
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.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
نُصّ اللَّيْل
nuṣṣ il-lēlנץ אל-לילCairo says nuṣṣ il-lēl, 'half the night'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
نصّ اللِّيل
neṣṣ l-līlנץ ל-לילDarija: neṣṣ l-līl.
In a phrase
بَعْد مُنْتَصَف اللَّيْل
baʿd muntaṣaf al-laylבעד מנתצף א-לילafter midnight