أثاري

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Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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See the etymology at North Levantine Arabic تاري (tāri).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔa.taː.ri/, /ʔa.θaː.ri/

Particle

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أثاري (ʔatāri or ʔaṯāri)

  1. (exclamative) that's why, apparently
    قعدت أدور فين موقف أحمد، أثاريه موقف ورا البيت
    ɡaʕadt ʔadawwir fēn muwaggif ʔaḥmad, ʔatārī muwaggif wara al-bēt
    I went looking where Ahmad Parked, apparently he was parking behind the house
  2. it seems, it looks like, it should be
    أثاريك فاهمʔatārīk fāhimSo...it looks like you already understand