شكرا

Arabic phrasebook

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Adverbial accusative of شُكْر (šukr, “thankfulness”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃuk.ran/
  • (Gulf) IPA^(key):
  • (North Levantine) IPA^(key):

• Audio:

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شُكْرًا • (šukran)

1. thanks

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “شكر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic phrasebook

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Learned borrowing from Arabic شُكْرًا (šukran).

• IPA^(key):

شكرا • (šukran)

1. thanks

   Synonyms: متشكر m (mot(a)šakker), متشكرة f (mot(a)šakkera), (informal) مرسي (mersī, mirsī)

Hijazi Arabic phrasebook

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Learned borrowing from Arabic شُكْرًا (šukran).

• IPA^(key): /ʃuk.ran/,

شُكْرًا • (šukran)

1. thanks, thank you

   Synonyms: تِسْلَم (tislam), يِعْطيك العافية (yiʕṭīk al-ʕāfya)

Moroccan Arabic phrasebook

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Learned borrowing from Arabic شُكْرًا (šukran).

• IPA^(key): /ʃuk.ran/

• Audio:

  (file)

شكرا • (šukran)

1. thanks, thank you

South Levantine Arabic phrasebook

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Learned borrowing from Arabic شُكْرًا (šukran).

• IPA^(key): /ʃuk.ran/,

• Audio (Jerusalem):

  (file)

شكرًا • (šukran)

1. thanks, thank you

   Synonym: (formal) أشكرك (ʔaškorak/ʔaškorek, literally “I thank you”)

   شكرا كتير ― šukran ktīr ― thank you very much

• It is optionally followed by the indirect object:
  • (to a male) شكرا إلك (šukran ʔilak)
  • (to a female) شكرا إلك (šukran ʔilek)
• Common responses are:
  • عفوا (ʕafwan, literally “pardon”)
  • أهلا وسهلا (ʔahla w-sahla, literally “you're welcome”)
  • (formal) لا شكر على واجب (la šukr ʕala wājeb, “duty needs no thanks”)