“everywhere” in Arabic dialects

adverb

How do you say everywhere across the major spoken Arabic dialects? Compare everywhere (adverb) sense by sense across 5 dialects — Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Iraqi, Maghrebi — with English meaning, native script, transliteration and usage.

What does “everywhere” mean?

adverb
  1. To or in any or all places; ; ; ; ; (`everyplace' is used informally for `everywhere')“You find fast food stores everywhere”

English definitions from Princeton WordNet.

Quick comparison across dialects

DialectArabic (everywhere)Transliteration
Egyptian Arabicفي كل حتةfi kulli ḥitta
Levantine Arabicبكل محلb-kull maḥall
Gulf Arabicكل مكانkull makān
Iraqi Arabicبكل مكانb-kull mkān
Maghrebi Arabicفكل بلاصةf-kull blāṣa

Full breakdown by dialect

Egyptian Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
في كل حتةfi kulli ḥittain all places (very colloquial)
في كل مكانfi kulli makānin all places (standard)

Levantine Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
بكل محلb-kull maḥallin every place
بكل مكانb-kull makānin every location

Gulf Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
كل مكانkull makānin or to all places

Iraqi Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
بكل مكانb-kull mkānin or to all places

Maghrebi Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
فكل بلاصةf-kull blāṣain every place
في كل مكانfī kull makānin every place (slightly more formal)

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