يا دلي

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North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic ذُلّ (ḏull, “humiliation, abasement”), thus roughly “oh my shame!”.

Interjection

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يا دلي • (ya dilli)

  1. oh dear; oh my God
    يا دلي! شو صايرلك حبيبي؟
    ya dilli! šu ṣayir-lak ḥabībi?
    My God! What’s wrong with you, darling?
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