Arabic

In Syrian Arabic, ‘shut up’ is اسكت (iskot) said to a man, or اسكتي (iskoti) to a woman.

The English phrase “arabia” is translated into Arabic as بلاد العرب. بلاد العرب refers to the peninsula located between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.

ما شاء الله (mashallah) is the Arabic way to say ‘God has willed it’. The phrase is used to express admiration, gratitude or to acknowledge something good.

The English word “traitor” is translated into Arabic as خَائِن. Arabic uses different words to describe a traitor depending on the nature of the betrayal.

In Iraqi Arabic, a paternal uncle is عمو (amo). A maternal uncle, your mother’s brother, is called خالو (khalu), a different word entirely.

To pass in Arabic is يمر. يمر is used to describe the action of moving or being moved from one place to another.

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘cheese’ is جبنة (gebna).

The word ‘kiss’ in Arabic is translated as قُبْلَة. The term refers to a touch with the lips.

The phrase “there is only one god” in Arabic is لا إله إلا إله واحد. This phrase is a statement of faith used to assert that only one deity exists.

The Arabic word for necklace is قلادة (qilāda).