مختلف (mukhtalif) — "different" in Modern Standard Arabic

مختلف

muxtalif

different

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"different" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

مختلف

mokhtalef

Levantine Arabic

غيْر

ɣēr

Moroccan Darija

ماشي بْحال بْحال

مختلف 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.

لكن الحفيد الصغير فضل هاتفا جديدا من بائع مختلف

Lakinna al-hafida as-saghir fadala hatifan jadidan min ba'i'in mukhtalifin.

But the young grandson preferred a new phone from a different seller.

from A Trip to the Market

كان المقهى يعج بالناس من مختلف الاجيال يتجاذبون اطراف الحديث

Kana al-maqha ya'ujju bin-nas min mukhtalif al-ajyal yatajadhabuna atraf al-hadeeth.

The cafe was bustling with people from different generations engaging in conversation.

from Waiting at the Café

شعرنا بروح التعاون بين اللاعبين من مختلف الأجيال على أرض الملعب

Shaʿarnā bi-rūḥ at-taʿāwun bayna al-lāʿibīn min mukhtalif al-ajyāl ʿalā arḍ al-malʿab

We felt the spirit of cooperation among players from different generations on the field

from The Community Football Match

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