The most common greetings in the Arabic language are أهلاً and السلام عليكم
أهلاً means hello, welcome, hi and how do you do?
السلام عليكم is used for both hello and goodbye.
People at different countries use variations of these expressions, e.g. in the Gulf countries, “هلا” is used as a local variation of أهلاً .
This table shows some of the most common greetings with their replies and translations
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ahlan ahlan |
Hello |
أهلاً أهلاً
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ahlan wa sahlan ahlan wa sahlan |
How do you do |
أهلاً و سهلاً أهلاً و سهلاً
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assalamu ‘alaykum wa alaykum Assalam |
Hello |
السلام عليكم وعليكم السلام
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Sabah al-khair Sabah An-nur |
Good morning |
صباح الخير صباح النور
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masaa’ al-khair masaa’An-nur |
Good afternoon/evening |
مساء الخير مساء النور
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ma’a as-salamah ma’a as-salamah |
goodbye |
مع السلامة مع السلامة
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