أثاري

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

See the etymology at North Levantine Arabic تاري (tāri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.taː.ri/, /ʔa.θaː.ri/

Particle

أثاري • (ʔatāri or ʔaṯāri)

1. (exclamative) that's why, apparently

   قعدت أدور فين موقف أحمد، أثاريه موقف ورا البيت

   ɡaʕadt ʔadawwir fēn muwaggif ʔaḥmad, ʔatārī muwaggif wara al-bēt

   I went looking where Ahmad Parked, apparently he was parking behind the house

2. it seems, it looks like, it should be

   أثاريك فاهم ― ʔatārīk fāhim ― So...it looks like you already understand