“Yard”, “Yards” (land) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Yard” (the noun, as in the associated land to a residential unit) is written using the Latin script as:

Hadika

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حديقة

In Lebanese Arabic, “Yards” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Hada2ik

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حدايق

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’m going to put a fence around the yard.”

Rah het siyej hol 2al hadika.

.رح حط سياج حول الحديقة

 
“I’m going to put a fence around the back yard.”

Rah het siyej hol 2al hadika 2al khalfiye.

.رح حط سياج حول الحديقة الخلفية

 
“Nice yard!”

Hadika helwe!

!حديقة حلوة

 
“This is a big yard.”

Hayde 2la hadika kbire.

.هيدي الحديقة كبيرة

 
“What kind of tree is in this yard?”

2ay naw3 2al shajar fi bi hal hadika?

أي نوع من الشجر في بهلحديقة ؟

 

Related terms & words in Lebanese Arabic

“Back yard”, “Back yards” in Lebanese Arabic

“Front yard”, “Front yards” in Lebanese Arabic

“Lawn”, “Lawns” in Lebanese Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Yard”, “Yards” (land) in Egyptian Arabic

“Yard”, “Yards” (land) in Tunisian Arabic