أثاري

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

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

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

Particle

⁧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 فاهم⁩ ― ʔatārīk fāhim ― So...it looks like you already understand
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