رقم الهاتف
raqm al-hatif
Phone number in Arabic is رقم الهاتف (raqm al-hatif).
What does it mean word for word?
رقم (raqm) means number and الهاتف (al-hatif) means the phone.
Which one should you use?
For a mobile number specifically, raqm al-jawwal is more commonly used.
Did you know?
- Because Arabic is written right-to-left but numbers are written left-to-right, phone numbers are written and read in the same direction as they are in English.
- In classical Arabic, the root of الهاتف (al-hatif) referred to a ghostly or unseen voice that called out to a person, like an oracle.
- The word jawwal in raqm al-jawwal literally translates to 'wanderer' or 'one who travels', reflecting the mobile nature of the device.
Examples in context
- ما هو رقم الهاتف؟mā huwa raqm al-hātif?What is the phone number?
- أعطني رقم الهاتف الخاص بك.a'tinī raqm al-hātif al-khāṣ bika.Give me your phone number.
- لقد نسيت رقم الهاتف.laqad nasītu raqm al-hātif.I forgot the phone number.
Example conversation
Nour is asking Ziad for his contact information.
- نور Nourهل يمكنني الحصول على رقم الهاتف الخاص بك يا زياد؟hal yumkinuni al-husul ala raqm al-hatif al-khass bika ya Ziyad?Can I have your phone number, Ziad?
- زياد Ziadنعم، بالطبع يا نور.na'am, bil-tab' ya Nour.Yes, of course, Nour.
- زياد Ziadرقم الهاتف هو ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩.raqm al-hatif huwa sifr wahid ithnan thalatha arba'a khamsa sitta sab'a thamaniya tis'a.The phone number is 0123456789.
- نور Nourشكراً جزيلاً لك.shukran jazilan laka.Thank you very much.
