welcome in Arabic: اهلا (ʾahlān) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

How to use it

Use "welcome" as a friendly greeting when someone arrives. It is an interjection and does not change with gender or number. In Arabic the common short form is "أهلاً"; for a more formal welcome you can say "أهلاً وسهلاً".

Example sentences

أهْلًا بِكَ فِي مَدْرَسَتِنَا.

ʾahlān bika fī madrasatina.

Welcome to our school.
أهْلًا وَسَهْلًا!

ʾahlān wa sahlan!

Welcome!
أهْلًا بِكُمْ جَمِيعًا.

ʾahlān bikum jamīʿan.

Welcome all of you.

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.

Welcome.

أهلاً و سهلاً!

Welcome home.

مرحباً بك في المنزل.

Welcome back.

أهلاً وسهلاً.

Welcome, Sue!

مرحباً بكِ يا سو!

You're welcome.

عفوًا.

Welcome to Doha.

مرحبا بكم في الدوحة

Welcome reception

حفل الاستقبال الترحيبي

Welcome to Japan.

أهلاً و سهلاً بك في اليايان.

Welcome to Tatoeba!

مرحباً بك في تتويبا.

Welcome to Algeria.

مرحبا بكم في الجزائر.

Everyone is welcome.

الدعوة مفتوحة للكل

Welcome to Wikipedia.

مرحبا بكم في ويكيبيديا.

Questions and answers

Can I say "welcome" to a group?

Yes, "welcome" works for one person or many. In Arabic you can say "أهلاً بكم" for a group.

Is "welcome" used in written Arabic?

It appears in informal writing and dialogues, but formal texts often use "مرحبًا" or "أهلاً وسهلاً".

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