Shortened Forms of Ahlan wa Sahlan. أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا Ahlan wa sahlan is often shortened to أهلا ahlan. It is the more informal version. You would use this with your friends and casual acquaintances. It is like saying "hi" instead of "hello". Some Arabic dialects also use ahleen أهلين , as a response to the
In most cases, the reply is "Ahlan bik" to a man or "Ahlan biki" to a woman. If you want to reply to more than one person, say, "Ahlan bikum.". "Marhaba" is the name of the word "rahhaba" which means "to welcome".
Ahlan (أهلًا) is the word ahl (أهل) with tanween (the an ً sound at the end of the word). This word means "family", and by adding the tanween at the end, it indicates the subjects location as being "with family". Sahlan literally means "easy", but it has a much more important nuance here.
Ahlan wa Sahlan literally means "welcome," but is commonly used as a general greeting just like "hello" in English. This greeting can be shortened to just ahlan (hi) in informal settings. When greeting a number of people, you should say ahlan wa Sahlan bekum or ahlan bekum. Contents 1How do Muslims say hello? 2How do you greet in Arabic?
Ahlan wa sahlan أهلاً وسهلاً. Arabs love to give visitors a warm welcome to their home or work place, and may repeat ahlan wa sahlan أهلاً وسهلاً over and over, meaning "you're welcome here". (Note: this is different to "you're welcome", the phrase you'd use in response to someone thanking you.)
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ahlan wa sahlan marhaba meaning
