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How to say “Cheap” in Arabic dialects
“Cheap” changes from one Arabic dialect to the next: rkhis in Morocco, rakhees in Egypt, rkhees in Lebanon, rkhīṣ in the United Arab Emirates.
| Dialect | Say it | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic | rkhis | رخيص |
| 🇩🇿 Algerian Arabic | rkhisa | رخيصة |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisian Arabic | rkhis | رخيص |
| 🇱🇾 Libyan Arabic | rakhees | رخيص |
| 🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic | rakhees | رخيص |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanese Arabic | rkhees | رخيص |
| 🇯🇴 Jordanian Arabic | rkhees | رخيص |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabic | rakhees | رخيص |
| 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabic | rkhīṣ | رخيص |
| 🇮🇶 Iraqi Arabic | rkhis | رخيص |
Arabic often changes with who you are talking to. These are the forms taught in each Lahja course. In the spelling, 3 is the letter ayn, 7 is a breathy h, 2 is a glottal stop, 5 is kh and 9 is qaf.
There is no single Arabic word for most everyday things. Modern Standard Arabic has its own formal version, but in conversation people use their local dialect. Lahja teaches each dialect as its own course, so you learn the version people around you really say.
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