أهلا وسهلا

Arabic phrasebook

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Shortening of longer phrase لَقَدْ صَادَفْتُمْ أَهْلًا وَوَطِئْتُمْ سَهْلًا (laqad ṣādaftum ʔahlan wa-waṭiʔtum sahlan, “You have come across your own people and you have trodden on even ground”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ʔah.lan wa.sah.lan/

أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا • (ʔahlan wasahlan)

1. welcome

• → Finnish: ähläm sähläm
• → Finnish: ählämi

North Levantine Arabic phrasebook

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From Arabic أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا (ʔahlan wasahlan).

أهلا وسهلا • (ʾahla w-sahla)

1. welcome

South Levantine Arabic phrasebook

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From Arabic أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا (ʔahlan wasahlan).

• IPA^(key): /ʔah.la‿w.sah.la/, [ˌʔah.la‿wˈsah.la]

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أهلا وسهلا • (ʔahla w-sahla)

1. welcome

   Synonym: أهلا (ʔahla)

2. you're welcome (as a reply to شكرا (šukran, “thank you”))

   Synonym: عفوا (ʕafwan)

• Common responses are:
  • أهلين (ʔahlēn, literally “two welcomes”)
  • أهلا فيك (ʔahlan fīk(i), literally “welcome to you”)
  • يا مية أهلا وسهلا (ya mīt ʔahla w-sahla, literally “a hundred time welcome”)

• مرحبا (marḥaba, “hello”)
• هلا (hala, “hi”)