“hurt” in Arabic dialects
adjectiveverb
How do you say hurt across the major spoken Arabic dialects? Compare hurt (adjective, verb) sense by sense across 5 dialects — Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Iraqi, Maghrebi — with English meaning, native script, transliteration and usage.
What does “hurt” mean?
adjective
- Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle“nursing his wounded arm”
- Damaged inanimate objects or their value
verb
- Be the source of pain
- Give trouble or pain to“This exercise will hurt your back”
- Cause emotional anguish or make miserable“It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school”
English definitions from Princeton WordNet.
Quick comparison across dialects
| Dialect | Arabic (hurt) | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| Egyptian Arabic | عوّر | ʿawwar |
| Levantine Arabic | وجّع | wajjaʿ |
| Gulf Arabic | عوّر | ʿawwar |
| Iraqi Arabic | أذّى | adhdha |
| Maghrebi Arabic | ضرّ | ḍarr |
Full breakdown by dialect
Egyptian Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| عوّر | ʿawwar | to cause a physical injury |
| وجع | wagaʿ | to cause pain or to feel pain |
| جرح | garaḥ | to cause emotional pain |
| زعل | zaʿʿal | to upset someone |
| متعور | mitʿawwar | physically injured, wounded |
| مجروح | magrūḥ | wounded (physically or emotionally) |
| موجوع | mawgūʿ | in pain, aching |
Levantine Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| وجّع | wajjaʿ | to cause physical pain |
| آذى | ʾāza | to harm or injure |
| جرح | jaraḥ | to hurt someone's feelings |
| توجّع | twajjaʿ | to be in pain, to feel hurt |
| موجوع | mawjūʿ | in pain, aching |
| متأذي | mitʾazi | harmed, hurt (physically or emotionally) |
| مجروح | majrūḥ | wounded, hurt (emotionally) |
Gulf Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| عوّر | ʿawwar | to cause pain to someone |
| وجع | wajaʿ | to ache, to be in pain |
| جرح | jaraḥ | to hurt someone's feelings |
| متعوّر | mitʿawwir | physically injured |
| مجروح | majrūḥ | emotionally hurt, wounded feelings |
| متضايق | mitḍāyig | upset, bothered, annoyed |
Iraqi Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| أذّى | adhdha | to cause pain or injury to someone |
| وجَع | wijaʿ | to feel pain (e.g., my head hurts) |
| جِرَح | jiraḥ | to hurt someone's feelings |
| متأذي | mitʾadhdhi | feeling physical or emotional pain |
| مجروح | majrūḥ | wounded (physically or emotionally) |
Maghrebi Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| ضرّ | ḍarr | to cause physical pain |
| جرح | jraḥ | to hurt someone's feelings |
| ضرّني | ḍarr-ni | to be in pain (e.g. 'my head hurts') |
| مجروح | mejrouḥ | wounded, injured (physical or emotional) |
| مضرور | meḍrour | harmed, damaged |
| مقيوس | mqiyous | emotionally hurt, touched (Moroccan) |
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