“miss” in Arabic dialects
verb
How do you say miss across the major spoken Arabic dialects? Compare miss (verb) sense by sense across 5 dialects — Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Iraqi, Maghrebi — with English meaning, native script, transliteration and usage.
What does “miss” mean?
verb
- Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind“I missed that remark”
- Feel or suffer from the lack of“He misses his mother”
- Fail to attend an event or activity“I missed the concert”
English definitions from Princeton WordNet.
Quick comparison across dialects
| Dialect | Arabic (miss) | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| Egyptian Arabic | يوحش | yewḥash |
| Levantine Arabic | اشتاق لـ | ishtāʾ la |
| Gulf Arabic | يشتاق لـ | yishtāg li |
| Iraqi Arabic | يشتاق لـ | yishtāg l- |
| Maghrebi Arabic | توحّش | tweḥḥesh |
Full breakdown by dialect
Egyptian Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| يوحش | yewḥash | to feel the absence of someone (object/subject reversed) |
| يفوّت | yefawwet | to fail to attend, catch, or hit |
Levantine Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| اشتاق لـ | ishtāʾ la | to feel the absence of someone |
| راح عليه | rāḥ ʿalēh | to fail to catch or attend |
| فوّت | fawwat | to miss an opportunity |
Gulf Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| يشتاق لـ | yishtāg li | to miss someone, long for |
| يوله على | yōlih ʿala | to miss someone dearly |
| يفوّت | yfawwit | to miss an opportunity or event |
| ما يصيب | mā yṣīb | to miss a target |
Iraqi Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| يشتاق لـ | yishtāg l- | to feel the absence of someone |
| يفوّت | yifawwit | to fail to attend or experience |
| يخطّي | yikhaṭṭi | to fail to hit a target |
Maghrebi Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| توحّش | tweḥḥesh | to miss someone, to feel their absence |
| فات | fat | to miss an opportunity, a bus, a train |
| زݣل | zgel | to miss a target, to fail to hit (Moroccan) |
| راطى | raṭa | to miss a target, to fail (from French 'rater') |
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