“half-price” in Arabic dialects

adjective

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

What does “half-price” mean?

adjective
  1. Costing half the usual price“The tickets were half-price.”

English definitions from Princeton WordNet.

Quick comparison across dialects

DialectArabic (half-price)Transliteration
Egyptian Arabicبنص التمنbe-noṣṣ el-taman
Levantine Arabicبنص السعرb-nuṣṣ es-seʿer
Gulf Arabicنص السعرnuṣṣ al-siʿr
Iraqi Arabicبنص السعرb-nuṣṣ is-siʿir
Maghrebi Arabicبنص الثمنb-noss t-taman

Full breakdown by dialect

Egyptian Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
بنص التمنbe-noṣṣ el-tamanat half the price

Levantine Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
بنص السعرb-nuṣṣ es-seʿerat half the normal price

Gulf Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
نص السعرnuṣṣ al-siʿrat half the price

Iraqi Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
بنص السعرb-nuṣṣ is-siʿirhalf-price, at half the price

Maghrebi Arabic

Word (Arabic)TransliterationEnglish sense / usage
بنص الثمنb-noss t-tamanat half the price

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