Now you know how to talk about date and time in Arabic, let’s continue with some more special occasions, holidays and how to wish people well in Arabic.
Contents
This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Arabic“.
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Good wishes
English | Arabic | Arabic (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) |
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All the best! | بالتوفيق! | bel tawfiq! | |
Congratulations! | مبروك! | mabrouk! | |
Good luck! | حظ سعيد! | had sa'ed! | |
Happy birthday! | عيد ميلاد سعيد! | e'id milad sa'ed! | |
Merry Christmas! | عيد ميلاد مجيد! | e'id milad majeed! | |
Happy Easter! | عيد قيامة سعيد! عيد فصح سعيد! | e'id qeyamah sa'ed! e'id feseh sa'ed! | |
Happy New Year! | كل عام وأنتم بخير! | kol a'am wa antom bekhayr! | |
with all my heart / wholehearted | من أعماق قلبي بكل صدق | men a'amaq qalby bekol sedq |
Holidays & festive occasions
English | Arabic | Arabic (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) |
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birthday | يوم الميلاد عيد ميلاد | yaum al-milad e'id milad [1] | |
Christmas | عيد الميلاد | e'id al-milad | |
Yule | عيد ميلاد المسيح | e'id milad al-maseeh | |
Christmas Eve | ليلة عيد الميلاد | laylat e'id al-milad | |
Easter | عيد القيامة عيد الفصح | e'id al-qeyamah e'id al-feseh | |
Easter holidays | عطلة عيد القيامة عطلة عيد الفصح | o'tlat e'id al-qeyamah o'tlat e'id al-feseh | |
Pentecost / Whitsun | عيد العنصرة عيد الخمسين | e'id al-a'nsarah e'id al-khamseen | |
New Year’s Eve | ليلة رأس السنة | laylat ra's assanah | |
New Year | رأس السنة | ra's assanah | |
wedding | حفل زواج | hafl zawaj | |
name day | يوم الاسم عيد يوم الاسم | yaum al-esm e'id yaum al-esm | |
Valentine’s Day | عيد الحب | e'id al hub | |
anniversary | الذكرى السنوية | al-dzekra al-sanaweyah |
Verbs
English | Arabic | Arabic (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) |
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(to) invite | دعا | da'a | |
(to) wish | تمنّى | tamanna | |
(to) make a gift | أعدّ هدية | a'ad hadeyah | |
(to) get | حَصَل على | hasal a'la |
Vocabulary & Phrases
English | Arabic | Arabic (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) |
---|---|---|---|
party [Sg] | حفل | hafl | parties [Pl] | حفلات | hafalat |
birthday party | حفل عيد ميلاد | hafl e'id milad | |
invitation [Sg] | دعوة | da'wah | invitations [Pl] | دعوات | da'awat |
I invite you to the party! | أدعوك لحضور حفلتي! | ado'uk lehudur haflaty! | |
wish [Sg] | أمنية | omneyah | wishes [Pl] | أمنيات | omneyat |
What would you like? / What do you want? | فيما ترغب؟ ماذا تريد؟ | fima targhab? mada toreed? | |
surprise [Sg] | مفاجأة | mofaja'ah | surprises [Pl] | مفاجآت | mofaja'at |
present / gift [Sg] | هدية | hadeyah | presents / gifts [Pl] | هدايا | hadaya |
Notes:
1 Depends on the context: If it's just 'birthday' then it's يوم الميلاد, yaum al-milad. If it's like in 'Happy birthday' then it's عيد ميلاد, e'id milad.
Vocabulary trainer: Holidays & Good wishes in Arabic
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All the best!
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