“exit” in Arabic dialects

verb

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

What does “exit” mean?

verb
  1. Move out of or depart from“leave the room”
  2. Lose the lead
  3. Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life“She died from cancer”

English definitions from Princeton WordNet.

Quick comparison across dialects

DialectArabic (exit)Transliteration
Egyptian Arabicيخرجyokhrog
Levantine Arabicطِلِعṭiliʿ
Gulf Arabicطِلَعṭilaʿ
Iraqi Arabicيطلعyiṭlaʿ
Maghrebi Arabicخرجkhrej

Full breakdown by dialect

Egyptian Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
يخرجyokhrogto go out of a place

Levantine Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
طِلِعṭiliʿto go out, to leave a place
خَرَجkharajto go out (less common in speech)

Gulf Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
طِلَعṭilaʿto go out, to come out
خَرَجkharajto exit, to leave

Iraqi Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
يطلعyiṭlaʿto go out of or leave a place

Maghrebi Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
خرجkhrejto go out of a place

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