أهلا
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverbial accusative of أَهْل (ʔahl).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
أَهْلًا • (ʔahlan)
- as a kin, as a member of my kinfolk, in kindness
- حَلَلْتَ أَهْلًا وَوَطِئْتَ سَهْلًا
- ḥalalta ʔahlan wawaṭiʔta sahlan
- welcome; stay as family and tread on through in ease
- (literally, “you have untied (unpacked) as a tent-sharer (kin) and have set foot as on an easy country”)
Derived terms[edit]
- أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا (ʔahlan wa-sahlan)
Interjection[edit]
أَهْلًا • (ʔahlan)
Descendants[edit]
- → Hebrew: אהלן (áhlan)
South Levantine Arabic[edit]
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ء ه ل |
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Etymology[edit]
From Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic أَهْلًا (ʔahlan).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
أهلا • (ʔahla)
- hi
- Synonym: (informal) هلا (hala)
- welcome
- Synonym: أهلا وسهلا (ʔahla w-sahla)
Usage notes[edit]
- Common responses are:
See also[edit]
- مرحبا (marḥaba, “hello”)
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- Arabic adverbial accusatives
- Arabic 2-syllable words
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- Arabic lemmas
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- Arabic phrasebook
- South Levantine Arabic phrasebook
- South Levantine Arabic terms belonging to the root ء ه ل
- South Levantine Arabic terms borrowed from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic semi-learned borrowings from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- South Levantine Arabic terms with audio links
- South Levantine Arabic lemmas
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