خالة (khaala) — "maternal aunt" in Modern Standard Arabic
خالة
xaala
maternal aunt
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
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- 2 of our stories
"maternal aunt" in the other dialects
خالة in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
ضحك احمد وقال نعم هو صديق رائع لكن خالة زوجتي لا تحبه كثيرا في الحديقة
Ḍaḥika Ahmad wa qaala: Na'am huwa ṣadīq rā'i' lakin khālatu zawjatī lā tuḥibbuhu kathīran fil-ḥadīqah.
Ahmed laughed and said: "Yes, he is a wonderful friend, but my wife's maternal aunt doesn't like him much in the garden."
ردت الخالة بسعادة وقالت مساء النور كيف حالك يا سارة
Raddat al-khalah bi-sa'adah wa qalat masa' an-nur kayfa haluki ya Sara.
The aunt replied happily and said "Good evening (response), how are you, Sara?"
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