Arabic dialects / How to say
How to say “Delicious” in Arabic dialects
“Delicious” changes from one Arabic dialect to the next: bneen in Morocco, ta3m hilo in Egypt, tayyeb in Lebanon, lazeez in Saudi Arabia.
| Dialect | Say it | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic | bneen | بنين |
| 🇩🇿 Algerian Arabic | bnina | بنينة |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisian Arabic | bnin | بنين |
| 🇱🇾 Libyan Arabic | bnin | بنين |
| 🇪🇬 Egyptian Arabic | ta3m hilo | طعم حلو |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanese Arabic | tayyeb | طيب |
| 🇯🇴 Jordanian Arabic | zaki | زاكي |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabic | lazeez | لذيذ |
| 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabic | latheeth | لذيذ |
| 🇮🇶 Iraqi Arabic | tayeb | طيب |
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.