🇸🇦 Arabic phrases

How to say “I miss you” in Arabic

اشتقت إليك

ishtaqtu ilayk

Literally: I have longed for youinformal

MSA: ilayka to a man, ilayki to a woman. Spoken forms vary a lot by region, and Egyptians reverse the structure: wahashtini (you made me miss you).

Other ways to say it

ArabicPronunciationMeaningWhen to use it
اشتقتلكishta'tillak / ishta'tillikI missed youLevantine; to a man / to a woman
وحشتنيwahashtiniI miss youEgyptian, to a man; to a woman: وحشتيني (wahashtini, with -ii)

In a sentence

اشتقت إليك كثيرا.

ishtaqtu ilayka kathiran.

I've missed you so much.

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