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How to say "to repeat" in Arabic

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Meaningto repeat

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

كَرَّرَ

karraraכרר

كرر

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

חזר על

khazar alخَازَار أَل

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Arabic root

ك-ر-ر

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Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

عَاد
ʿādעאד

In class you'll hear the imperative ʿīd! (to a girl ʿīdī) — 'say it again'.

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

عَاود
ʿāwedעאוד

Darija ʿāwed: ʿāwed ʿafāk, 'repeat, please'.

In a phrase

كَرِّرُوا بَعْدِي
karrirū baʿdīכררו בעדי

Repeat after me (all of you).

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