حبيبي

See also: حبیبی

Arabic

Etymology

From حَبِيب (ḥabīb, “beloved, sweetheart”) +‎ ـِي (-ī, first-person singular possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ħa.biː.biː/

Noun

حَبِيبِي • (ḥabībī) m

first-person singular possessive of حَبِيب (ḥabīb):
1. my darling, my beloved (male)
- 1970, Rahbani brothers, “أنا لحبيبي [I belong to my beloved]”‎^[1]performed by Fairuz:
  أنا لحبيبي وحبيبي إلي
  يا عصفورة بيضا لا بقى تسألي
  لا يعتب حدا ولا يزعل حدا
  أنا لحبيبي وحبيبي إلي
  Ana laḥabībī waḥabībī ilī
  Yā ʕaṣfūra bayḍā lā baqa tisʔālī
  Lā yaʕtib ḥadā walā yizʕal ḥadā
  Ana laḥabībī waḥabībī ilī
  I belong to my beloved, and my beloved to me.
  O little white bird, do not keep asking!
  Let none chide! Let none be upset!
  I belong to my beloved, and my beloved to me.

Descendants

→ German: Habibi
→ Hebrew: חביבי (khabíbi)
→ Japanese: ハビービー (habībī), ハビビ (habibi)
→ Swedish: habibi

See also

حَبِيبَتِي (ḥabībatī)