How to say "vacation, holiday" in Arabic
New wordMeaningvacation, holiday
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عُطْلَة
ʿuṭlaעטלה
عطلة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חופשה
khufshaخُوفْشَا
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
أَجَازَة
agāzaאגאזהA different word: agāza is the Cairo holiday.
In a phrase
عُطْلَة الصَّيْف
ʿuṭlat aṣ-ṣayfעטלת א-ציףsummer vacation
Plural
عُطَل
ʿuṭalעטלbroken plural CuCaC