How to say "oh, forbidden/pitiable! (Arabic exclamation) → oh, poor thing! (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningoh, forbidden/pitiable! (Arabic exclamation) → oh, poor thing! (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
يَا حَرَام
yā ḥarāmיא חראם
يا حرام
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יא חראם
ya kharamيَا خَارَام
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ح-ر-مHebrew root
ח-ר-םSame root ح-ر-م/ח-ר-ם this app's religion entries already trace to Hebrew חרם, 'ban, set apart'. حرام is what's forbidden or off-limits; something so pitiable it shouldn't be allowed to happen slides naturally into يا حرام, an exclamation of sympathy Israeli informal speech has picked up as 'oh, poor thing.'
Related Hebrew word:חרםkheremخِرِم
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In a phrase
يَا حَرَام، الْمِسْكِين
yā ḥarām, al-miskīnיא חראם, אל-מסכיןoh, poor thing
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