How to say "problem" in Arabic
New wordMeaningproblem
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُشْكِلَة
mushkilaמשכלה
مشكلة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בעיה
be'ayaبِئَايَا
How the two words are related
New word
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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
مُشْكِلِة
mushkileמשכלהEveryday Levantine: shū l-mushkile? — what's the problem?
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مُشْكِل
mushkilמשכלDarija uses the masculine mushkil: ma kayn mushkil — no problem.
In a phrase
هٰذِهِ مُشْكِلَة كَبِيرَة
hādhihi mushkila kabīraהאד'ה משכלה כבירהThis is a big problem.
Plural
مَشَاكِل
mashākilמשאכלBroken plural maCāCiC — like مكتب→مكاتب.