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Arabic Transcript English Arabic
‫آه‬
ā yes ‫أب‬
‫أبو‬
ab father
abu father of ‫أبوي‬
abūy my father ‫ابيض‬
abyaḍ white
hello! or Hi! (used more ‫أهلا‬
ahla in Egypt than in the
Levant) ‫أهلا وسهلا‬
‫اهلا وسهلا فيك‬
ahla w sahla hello!
‫أهلاا فِيك‬
ahla w sahla fīk/-ki you're welcome
ahlan fīk ‫أهلاا فِي ِك‬
(reply to) ahlan w sahlan ‫أحمر‬
(to a male)

ahlan fīki (reply to) ahlan wa
sahlan (to a female)

aḥmar red