How to say "fate, destiny" in Arabic
New wordMeaningfate, destiny
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
قَدَر
qadarקדר
قدر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
גורל
goralگُورَال
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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
قَدَر
adarאדרThe qāf becomes a glottal stop in urban Levantine, dropped entirely in Latin — as in qiṣṣa→iṣṣa.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
قَدَر
ʾadarאדרCairo, too, turns the qāf into a glottal stop: ʾadar.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مكْتُوب
mektūbמכתובDarija's fate is l-mektūb, what is written.
In a phrase
هَذَا قَدَرِي
hādhā qadarīהד'א קדריThis is my fate.
Plural
أَقْدَار
aqdārאקדארbroken plural aCCāC — like وَلَد→أَوْلَاد