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yahelweh

English translation: Oh, pretty

12:25 Aug 1, 2004
Arabic to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Retail
Arabic term or phrase: yahelweh
ya helweh
beverley
English translation:Oh, pretty
Explanation:
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Misbar
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5Oh, pretty
Misbar
5 +3sweetie
Sabry Hameed
4Beautiful you
Sam Shalalo
4Hey pretty one
monzer


  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sweetie


Explanation:
sweetie

Sabry Hameed
Egypt
Local time: 01:43
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  translatol: ... or something like that. As you probably know, helweh is the feminine of helw (or hulw), which literally means sweet. but also means nice, pretty. Probably you should put in something for the "ya", perhaps, "Hi, sweetie!"
6 hrs
agree  Saleh Ayyub
7 hrs
agree  Hanan Ghannoum
2 days 17 hrs
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Oh, pretty


Explanation:
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Misbar
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Randa Farhat
40 mins
agree  Moushira El-Mogy
6 hrs
agree  Saleh Ayyub
7 hrs
agree  AhmedAMS
11 hrs
agree  .... (X)
2 days 5 hrs
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Beautiful you


Explanation:
It could either be a call to a beautiful female or just admiring one.

Sam Shalalo
Australia
Local time: 09:43
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Hey pretty one


Explanation:
This should read Ya Helweh , two seprate words , Ya is Hey , a tool for calling attention of another person

monzer
Jordan
Local time: 02:43
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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