هناك

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu.naː.ka/
• IPA^(key): /hu.naːk/ (colloquial or in pausa)

• Audio:

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Adverb

هُنَاكَ • (hunāka)

1. there
2. Used to indicate the existence of something.
   • a. 869, اَلْجَاحِظ [al-jāḥiẓ], “كتاب الزهد”, in اَلْبَيَان وَٱلتَّبْيِين [al-bayān wat-tabyīn]‎^[1], Windsor, UK: Hindawi Foundation, published 2022, →ISBN, page 706:

     وهناك خيانات في صُلْب المُلك أو في بعض الحُرَم، فلا يستطيع المَلِك أن يكشف للعامة موضع العورة في المُلك

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

• ثَمَّ (ṯamma)

See also

• هُنَا (hunā)
• هُنَالِكَ (hunālika)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “هنا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heˈnæːk/

Adverb

هناك • (hināk)

1. there

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هُنَاك (hunāk).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /hnɑːk/

Adverb

هناك • (hnāk)

1. there

Related terms

• هني (hnī, “here”)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هُنَاك (hunāk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hnaːk/

Adverb

هناك • (hnāk)

1. there

   Synonyms: الهيه (el-hīh), الهيهة (el-hīha), تمة (tamma), تم (tamm)

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• هناكة (hunāke)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic هُنَاك (hunāk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu.naːk/, [hʊˈnæːk]

• Audio (Jerusalem):

  (file)

Adverb

هناك • (honāk)

1. there

   Synonym: (regional) غاد (ḡād)

Related terms

• هون (hōn, “here”)