هناك

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hu.naː.ka/
  • IPA(key): /hu.naːk/ (colloquial or in pausa)
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

هُنَاكَ • (hunāka)

  1. there
  2. Used to indicate the existence of something.
    • a. 869, اَلْجَاحِظ [al-jāḥiẓ], “كتاب الزهد”, in اَلْبَيَان وَٱلتَّبْيِين [al-bayān wat-tabyīn]‎[1], Windsor, UK: Hindawi Foundation, published 2022, →ISBN, page 706:
      وهناك خيانات في صُلْب المُلك أو في بعض الحُرَم، فلا يستطيع المَلِك أن يكشف للعامة موضع العورة في المُلك
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

See also

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “هنا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heˈnæːk/

Adverb

هناك • (hināk)

  1. there

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هُنَاك (hunāk).

Pronunciation

Adverb

هناك • (hnāk)

  1. there

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هُنَاك (hunāk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hnaːk/

Adverb

هناك • (hnāk)

  1. there
    Synonyms: الهيه (el-hīh), الهيهة (el-hīha), تمة (tamma), تم (tamm)

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

  • هناكة (hunāke)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic هُنَاك (hunāk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hu.naːk/, [hʊˈnæːk]
  • Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

Adverb

هناك • (honāk)

  1. there
    Synonym: (regional) غاد (ḡād)