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North Levantine Arabic
[edit]From Arabic ذُلّ (ḏull, “humiliation, abasement”), thus roughly “oh my shame!”.
يا دلي • (ya dilli)
- oh dear; oh my God
يا دلي! شو صايرلك حبيبي؟- ya dilli! šu ṣayir-lak ḥabībi?
- My God! What’s wrong with you, darling?
