How to say "weekend" in Arabic
New wordMeaningweekend
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
نِهَايَة الْأُسْبُوع
nihāyat al-usbūʿנהאיה אל-אסבוע
نهاية الأسبوع
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סוף שבוע
sof shavu'aسُوف شَاڤُوءَا
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
الْوِيكَند
al-wīkendאל-ויכנדCasual speech, especially among younger speakers, often just borrows the English: al-wīkend.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
الْوِيكِنْد
il-wīkendאל-ויכנדCairo, too, mostly says il-wīkend — or ākhir il-usbūʿ.
In a phrase
فِي نِهَايَة الْأُسْبُوع
fī nihāyat al-usbūʿפי נהאיה אל-אסבועon the weekend