hello in Arabic
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ as-salāmu ʕalaykum
/həˈləʊ/US/hɛˈloʊ/
hello in Arabic: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum), سَلَام (salām), مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban), أَهْلًا (ʔahlan). In English, hello means a greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
Arabic words for hello
- greeting
- السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ as-salāmu ʕalaykum, سَلَام salām, مَرْحَبًا marḥaban, أَهْلًا ʔahlan, اهلاً ahlan, مَرحَبا marḥaba
- when answering the telephone
- آلُو ʔālū, آلُوْ ʔāluw, أَلُو ʔalū, أَلُوْ ʔaluw, اَلُو alū, ألو ʔalu
- is anyone there?
- هَل مِن أَحَدٍ هُنَا؟ hal min ʔaḥadin hunā?
English meaning of hello
- interjection A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
- interjection A greeting used when answering the telephone.
- interjection A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.
- interjection Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed has done something the speaker considers to be foolish, or missed something that should have been obvious.
hello in a sentence
- Hello? How may I help you?
- Hello? Is anyone there?
- You just tried to start your car with your cell phone. Hello?
Synonyms of hello
hello in other languages
- hello in Hindi
- hello in Tamil
- hello in Marathi
- hello in Urdu
- hello in Bengali
- hello in Telugu
- hello in Malayalam
- hello in Kannada
- hello in Punjabi
- hello in Gujarati
- hello in Odia
- hello in Sanskrit
- hello in Sinhala
- hello in Assamese
- hello in Nepali
- hello in Pashto
- hello in Tagalog
- hello in Malay
- hello in Indonesian
- hello in Persian
- hello in Thai
- hello in Vietnamese
- hello in Myanmar
Questions about hello in Arabic
- What is the meaning of hello in Arabic?
- Hello in Arabic is السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum), سَلَام (salām), مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban), أَهْلًا (ʔahlan).
- ما معنى كلمة hello؟
- Hello: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (as-salāmu ʕalaykum), سَلَام (salām), مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban), أَهْلًا (ʔahlan).
- What does hello mean in English?
- Hello means a greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hello (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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