شكرا

See also: shukran

Arabic

Arabic phrasebook

This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of شُكْر (šukr, “thankfulness”), verbal noun of شَكَرَ (šakara, “to thank, to be grateful”). Compare Hebrew שָׂכָר (sakhár).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuk.ran/

  Egypt: IPA^(key): [ˈʃokɾɑn]

  Levant: IPA^(key): [ˈʃʊkɾan]

  Hejazi: IPA^(key): [ˈʃʊkran]

  Gulf: IPA^(key): [ˈʃʊkrɐn]

Interjection

شُكْرًا • (šukran)

1. thanks

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “شكر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

---

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃokɾɑn]

Interjection

شكرا • (šukran)

1. thanks

Synonyms

• متشكّر m (mot(a)šakker) (literally, "I'm thankful")
• متشكّرة f (mot(a)šakkera)
• مرسى (mersī, mirsī) (informal, from French)