Greeting in Arabic?

Question

How do you say and pronounce hello in Arabic and how do you respond to that.

Answer 1

Marhaba - مرحبا - Hello

Ahlan wa sahlan - أهلا وسهلا - Welcome

Assalamu aleikum - السلام عليكم - "Peace be upon you"
Alaikum assalam - عليكم السلام - That's what you say in return

Sabah el kheir - صباح الخير - Good morning
Sabah el noor - صباح النور - What you say in return.

Masaa el kheir - مساء الخير - Good evening
Masaa el noor - مساء النور - What you say in return.

Answer 2

Hello isn`t Arabic,so to say it in Arabic,you say:hello,and respond to it :hello هـلـو
Arabic uses many diffirent greetings,like : marhaba مـرحـبـة,al salam alaikum الـسـلام عـلـيـكـم,sabah al khair صـبـاح الـخـيـر (good morning),..etc
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Answer 3

Well,I think most of the answers were good ,but let me give you the categories of these greetings "a part of mymajor is teaching Arabic as a foreign language"
marhabba = hello "speacially in Levantine Arabic...dialects spoken in Lebanon,Syria,Palestine &Jordan"and the respond is marhabba ,also.


As salaam 'alaykom = "may peace be upon you " which is the ide spread hello allover the Arab countries . The ressbond would be : wa 'alaykom assalaam = "may peace be upon you too"
and the full sentence is used some times "for a resbond" which is wa 'alaykom assalaam wa rahmato allahi wa barakato = and may peace and forgiveness of Allah be upon you .

I suggest to stick to the last one any peson speaking any dialect "Arabic of course" would understand it because it could be fotmal or friendly :)

For (Ahlan wa sahlan ) = you are welcome and it's a formal way of greeting "not between friends".The respond could be (shokran) = thanks .

Hope it helps.

Hope

Answer 4

The most usual greeting is /Sabbahh el khair/, I can't get Arabic writing up, and it wouldn't do you much good anyhow. That essentially means "good day," and a nice reply might be a variation on that like /Sabbahh en nur/.

My personal favorite is /Sabbahh el yasmin/: Jasmine day.

Answer 5

marhaba and in return you say it and most muslims greet each other with asalamu alaikum which means peace be with you

Answer 6

Well, you can say "Marhaba" (MARR-hah-bah), but it is more common for people to greet one another with "Asalaamu aleykum" to which one responds, "Wa aleykum asalaam." (They're pronounced as they're written.)

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Answer 7

You say "3... 2... 1... DUCK!"