Adverbial accusative ofأَهْل(ʔahl).
أَهْلًا• (ʔahlan)
- as akin, as a member of mykinfolk, inkindness
حَلَلْتَ أَهْلًا وَوَطِئْتَ سَهْلًا- ḥalalta ʔahlan wawaṭiʔta sahlan
- welcome; stayas family and tread on through in ease
- (literally, “you have untied (unpacked)as a tent-sharer (kin) and have set foot as on an easy country”)
أَهْلًا• (ʔahlan)
- hi
- welcome
South Levantine Arabic
[edit]South Levantine Arabic phrasebook
Semi-learned borrowing fromArabicأَهْلًا(ʔahlan).
أهلا• (ʔahla)
- hi
- Synonym:(informal)هلا(hala)
- welcome
- Synonym:أهلا وسهلا(ʔahla w-sahla)
- Common responses are:
- أهلين(ʔahlēn, literally“two welcomes”)
- أهلافيك(ʔahlan fīk(i), literally“welcome to you”)
- ياميةأهلا وسهلا(ya mīt ʔahla w-sahla, literally“a hundred times welcome”)