i had an arab friend named Amr and whenever i called him and asked his dad for him, his dad would summon him by yelling "Yah Om! Yah Om!" what does this mean?
2007-02-24 01:36:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
n arabic when you are calling for someone you use the word ya ... when i want to call u i say ya moesha...Om maybe a nickname or something instead of saying the whole name ....why didnt you ask ur friend? i'm sure he would love to explain this to u at least you learn something new from ur friend :D
anyway hope this helped
2007-02-24 02:24:55 · answer #1 · answered by me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahaha, no he wasnt saying "ya OM' he was saying "Ya Amr" but the name Amr in arabic has a stressed sound that makes it sound like "Omr".
2007-02-24 09:40:19 · answer #2 · answered by ABANDONED 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
'Ya' means 'Oh.' He was saying"Oh, Amr" or perhaps, he used a pet name for his son.
2007-02-24 10:10:41 · answer #3 · answered by yakkydoc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are a very naughty naughty man,
Allah will not take kindly to your mouth
but as an enlightened person ..I say ha ha ha
you are one clever devil
2007-02-24 09:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the first answer and nozi are right!!
2007-02-24 14:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by NY gal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋