How to say "good morning (reply)" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaninggood morning (reply)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صَبَاح النُّور
ṣabāḥ an-nūrצבאח א-נור
صباح النور
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בוקר אור
boker orبُوكِر أُور
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ن-و-رHebrew root
נ-ו-רNūr, light, shares its root with Hebrew נר (lamp) and מנורה — and Arabic manāra (minaret, lighthouse) is built exactly like מנורה. Hebrew even uses the same reply: בוקר אור, 'a morning of light.'
Related Hebrew word:נר, מנורהner, menoraنِر، مِنُورَا
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
صَبَاح الْفُلّ
ṣabāḥ il-fullצבאח אל-פלCairo's playful reply, 'a morning of jasmine'; ṣabāḥ in-nūr works too.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
صْبَاح النُّور
ṣbāḥ n-nūrצבאח נ-נורIn a phrase
صَبَاح النُّور يَا حَبِيبِي
ṣabāḥ an-nūr yā ḥabībīצבאח א-נור יא חביביgood morning, my dear