what in Arabic
يَا لَ yā la
/wɒt/
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Australia/wɔt/
what in Arabic: يَا لَ (yā la), مَا (mā), مَاذَا (māḏā), ايه (ēh). In English, what means which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
Arabic words for what
- beginning an exclamation
- يَا لَ yā la
- fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that
- مَا mā
- what? (interrogative pronoun)
- مَاذَا māḏā, مَا mā, ايه ēh, إِيش ʔēš, شنو šinu, شُو šū
English meaning of what
- determiner Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
- determiner Which.
- determiner Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.
- determiner Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.
what in a sentence
- What colour are you going to use?
- What kind of car is that?
- Did you buy the groceries? — With what money? We barely have any left.
Synonyms of what
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Questions about what in Arabic
- What is the meaning of what in Arabic?
- What in Arabic is يَا لَ (yā la), مَا (mā), مَاذَا (māḏā), ايه (ēh).
- ما معنى كلمة what؟
- What: يَا لَ (yā la), مَا (mā), مَاذَا (māḏā), ايه (ēh).
- What does what mean in English?
- What means which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
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