How to say "my heart (Arabic term of endearment) → sweetheart (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningmy heart (Arabic term of endearment) → sweetheart (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
قَلْبِي
qalbīקלבי
قلبي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קלבי
kalbiكَالْبِي
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ق-ل-بBuilt on the same root as this app's body entry قلب, 'heart' — يا قلبي, 'oh my heart', is one of Arabic's warmest endearments, right alongside habibi and this file's own rūḥī. Israeli informal speech reaches for קלבי the same tender way.
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In a phrase
أَنْتِ قَلْبِي
anti qalbīאנתי קלביyou are my heart (to a woman)
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