English → Arabic
neighborhood in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- ḥayy
- Arabizi
7ayy- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- أَحْيَاءٌ aḥyāʾ
- Root
- ح ي
How to use it
"Neighborhood" translates to حَيّ in Modern Standard Arabic. It refers to a local area within a city or town, often used with the preposition فِي (in). The word is masculine and its plural is أَحْيَاء.
Example sentences
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أَسْكَنُ فِي حَيٍّ هَادِئٍ.
ʾaskanu fī ḥayy-in hādiʾin.
I live in a quiet neighborhood.
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المَسْجِدُ فِي حَيِّنَا قَرِيبٌ.
al-masjidu fī ḥayyina qarībun.
The mosque in our neighborhood is nearby.
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يُقَامُ حَفْلٌ فِي حَيِّهِ لِلْإِحْتِفَالِ.
yuqāmu ḥaflun fī ḥayyihi lil-iḥtifāli.
A party is being held in his neighborhood for celebration.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Germany’s Neighborhood Watch
ألمانيا وحراسة الجوار
Europe’s Contested Neighborhood
أوروبا وجيرتها المختلف عليها
Mahmoud Abbas’s Bad Neighborhood
محمود عباس والجوار الرديئة
Sami lived in this neighborhood.
كان سامي يعيش في هذا الحيّ.
Tom lives in a poor neighborhood.
يسكن توم في حي فقير.
He doesn't live in my neighborhood.
إنه لا يسكن في حيي.
I am familiar with this neighborhood.
عندي معرفة بهذا الجوار.
Nuclear Disarmament and Neighborhood Bullies
نزع السلاح النووي و
They're going to come into your neighborhood.
فسيأتون عندنا ليشتروها.
Police asked questions around the neighborhood.
استجوبت الشّرطة بعض سكّان الحيّ.
Our neighborhood policy needs support, not criticism.
إن سياسة الجوار التي تتبناها تركيا تحتاج إلى الدعم وليس الانتقاد.
Turkey’s neighborhood is our neighborhood; its problems are our problems.
إن الجوار التركي هو جوارنا؛ والمشاكل التي تواجهها مشاكلنا أيضا.
Questions and answers
How do I say "my neighborhood"?
Say "حَيِّي" (ḥayyī) for "my neighborhood".
Is there a formal vs. informal term?
حَيّ is the standard term; in colloquial speech people may also say "منطقة" (manṭiqa) for a broader area.
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