How to say "summer vacation" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsummer vacation
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
الْعُطْلَة الصَّيْفِيَّة
al-ʿuṭla aṣ-ṣayfiyyaאל-עטלה א-ציפיה
العطلة الصيفية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
החופש הגדול
hakhofesh hagadolهَاخُوفِش هَاگَادُول
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'The summer break'. Israeli children call it 'the big freedom'; Hebrew חופש has no everyday Arabic relative.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
الْعُطْلَة الصِّيفِيَّة
il-ʿuṭle iṣ-ṣēfiyyeאל-עטלה א-ציפיהay flattens to ē and the feminine ending to -e.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
أَجَازِة الصِّيف
agāzit iṣ-ṣēfאגאזת א-ציףA different word: Cairo's vacation is agāza (MSA ijāza), and 'summer' is ṣēf.
In a phrase
مَتَى تَبْدَأ الْعُطْلَة الصَّيْفِيَّة؟
matā tabdaʾ al-ʿuṭla aṣ-ṣayfiyya?מתא תבדא אל-עטלה א-ציפיה?When does summer vacation start?
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