How to say "good morning" in Arabic
New wordMeaninggood morning
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صَبَاح الْخَيْر
ṣabāḥ al-khayrצבאח אל-ח'יר
صباح الخير
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בוקר טוב
boker tovبُوكِر تُوڤ
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
صَبَاح الْخَيْر
ṣabāḥ il-khērצבאח אל-ח'ירCairo says ṣabāḥ il-khēr, with ē for ay.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
صْبَاح الْخِير
ṣbāḥ l-khīrצבאח ל-ח'ירDarija clips the first vowel and turns ay into ī: ṣbāḥ l-khīr.
In a phrase
صَبَاح الْخَيْر يَا أُسْتَاذ
ṣabāḥ al-khayr yā ustādhצבאח אל-ח'יר יא אסתאד'good morning, sir
More words from this root
More in Greetings & Essentials
- good morning (reply)ṣabāḥ an-nūrصَبَاح النُّورבוקר אור
- good eveningmasāʾ al-khayrمَسَاء الْخَيْرערב טוב
- peace be upon youas-salāmu ʿalaykumالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمשלום עליכם
- goodbyemaʿa s-salāmaمَعَ السَّلَامَةלהתראות
- see you / until we meetilā l-liqāʾإِلَى اللِّقَاءנתראה
- good nightlayla saʿīdaلَيْلَة سَعِيدَةלילה טוב