How to say "tired (colloquial)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningtired (colloquial)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَعْبَان
taʿbānתעבאן
تعبان
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עייף
ayefأَيِف
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
ت-ع-بLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
عيَّان
ʿeyyānעיאןA different word: ʿeyyān is tired in Darija — while in Cairo ʿayyān means sick.
In a phrase
أَنَا تَعْبَان الْيَوْم
anā taʿbān al-yawmאנא תעבאן אל-יוםI'm tired today
Feminine
تَعْبَانَة
taʿbānaתעבאנה