How to say "my eyes (Arabic term of endearment) → my dear (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningmy eyes (Arabic term of endearment) → my dear (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عُيُونِي
ʿuyūnīעיוני
عيوني
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עיוני
ayuniأَيُونِي
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ع-ي-ن'My eyes' — plural of عين, the same eye covered elsewhere in this app's body vocabulary — used across the Arab world as tender address: you are precious as my own sight. Israeli slang picked it up alongside يا حبيبي as another warm exclamation.
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In a phrase
تَعَالَ يَا عُيُونِي
taʿāla yā ʿuyūnīתעאל יא עיוניcome here, my dear
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