شكرا

Arabic
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Etymology

Adverbial accusative of شُكْر‎ (šukr, “thankfulness”), verbal noun of شَكَرَ‎ (šakara, “to thank, to be grateful”). Compare Hebrew שָׂכָר‎ (sakhár).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃuk.ran/
    Egypt: IPA(key): [ˈʃokɾɑn]
    Levant: IPA(key): [ˈʃʊkɾan]
    Hejazi: IPA(key): [ˈʃʊkran]
    Gulf: IPA(key): [ˈʃʊkrɐn]

Interjection

شُكْرًا • (šukran)

  1. thanks

References
  • 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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃokɾɑn]

Interjection

شكرا • (šukran)

  1. thanks

Synonyms
  • متشكّر‎ m (mot(a)šakker) (literally, "I'm thankful")
  • متشكّرة‎ f (mot(a)šakkera)
  • مرسى‎ (mersī, mirsī) (informal, from French)
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