6 Iraqi words and phrases that are impossible to translate to English

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  • We asked four Iraqis to translate six different words and phrases from Arabic to English.
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  • @PandoraKyss
    @PandoraKyss Před 4 lety +118

    Also, I really sort of want Mohammad's laugh as my ring tone.

  • @knockingmaster2174
    @knockingmaster2174 Před 4 lety +47

    Shaku maku is like what’s crackin lackin

  • @SA-oq5lz
    @SA-oq5lz Před 4 lety +48

    والله مافي شعب أعظم من الشعب العراقي

    • @SA-oq5lz
      @SA-oq5lz Před 4 lety +3

      @Ibrahim Alasadi دا علم السودان ياخ

    • @user-vq2st3eq9q
      @user-vq2st3eq9q Před 3 lety +1

      عاشو اخواننا السودان

    • @Twenty4_af
      @Twenty4_af Před 3 lety +1

      @@user-vq2st3eq9q Saddami mar min hunaa 🇸🇴

    • @user-vq2st3eq9q
      @user-vq2st3eq9q Před 3 lety +1

      @@Twenty4_af عاشت الصومال 🇸🇴❤🇮🇶

    • @maryamryadh8391
      @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety

      هلوو طلعت كلها عراقية😂😂💔

  • @batterib
    @batterib Před 2 lety +8

    Hey, Iraqi here :) Here's a quick run-thru of what the terms typically mean:
    ~ Shawarit beek: Jinx on you
    ~ Shaku Maku?: What's up, nothing? (follow-up: Maku shi: nothing's up)
    ~ Taah Hadhak: May you be down on your luck (basically)
    ~ Saarat Zahma: It's become busy/ an inconvenience (can be used either sarcastically and apologetically)
    ~ Klawchi (one of my favorite words): trickster
    ~ Umidaak/Uhumidaak: term used to emphasize someone's stupidity/idiocy in front of their face (that's honestly the best way i can translate it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
    Hope this helped, ya Jogeh :) Feemalah

  • @honeyeuphrates
    @honeyeuphrates Před 4 lety +134

    Include iraqi girlss as well next time

    • @lamiah5604
      @lamiah5604 Před 4 lety +1

      Maybe he does not have Iraqi female friends..

    • @naugtyameric1309
      @naugtyameric1309 Před 3 lety +1

      @Evonne Fareed what?

    • @donaamay925
      @donaamay925 Před 3 lety

      Why dont you start a content that includes that :)

    • @wixing2604
      @wixing2604 Před 3 lety

      @Evonne Fareed he doesn't live in iraq IG so maybe he only knew these Iraqi people y r u being rude?, we don't have these stuff in iraq

    • @monopolyrecords1927
      @monopolyrecords1927 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/rpUVgyMP9cY/video.html

  • @alia9590
    @alia9590 Před 5 lety +97

    I just found your channel and I'm loving the videos, especially hearing the Iraqi accent!! It's making me prouuuuddd 🇮🇶 ❤️

  • @lilyofthevalley5586
    @lilyofthevalley5586 Před 4 lety +29

    Oh my goodness! I love Mohammed's laugh and personality! He is so funny!

  • @mmd-dh4ef
    @mmd-dh4ef Před 4 lety +16

    بعد روحي | After my soul

  • @PandoraKyss
    @PandoraKyss Před 4 lety +23

    I'm a white Euromutt from Philly and I absolutely love this channel.

  • @CEZNAFERNANDEZ
    @CEZNAFERNANDEZ Před 4 lety +62

    Shaku maku maku shi, mafeeni shi .mashi al kashi, al kashi mashi🤣 I've learned these from my Iraqi neighbor and I don't even speak Arabic

  • @alicomando1195
    @alicomando1195 Před 4 lety +15

    Only politics seperate humanity from each other hi from Kurdistan.

  • @yassiral-ghaib3787
    @yassiral-ghaib3787 Před 5 lety +20

    This channel is beautiful, thank you guys, am learning more about my culture

    • @KulanaArab
      @KulanaArab  Před 5 lety +2

      Yassir Al-Ghaib much love bro, appreciate your support!

  • @mustafaalkhafajy9357
    @mustafaalkhafajy9357 Před 4 lety +15

    Straight out this is the funniest thing I've seen in a long long time.....Aashat Eidek: May your hand live :)

    • @KulanaArab
      @KulanaArab  Před 4 lety +3

      Mustafa Alkhafajy shukran habibi, w 3adhat ideek, would you like to see a part two?

    • @mustafaalkhafajy9357
      @mustafaalkhafajy9357 Před 4 lety +3

      Kulana Arab, yesss I’d love to see part 2 and 3 hahaha

  • @Yllas-kd5te
    @Yllas-kd5te Před 5 lety +20

    Love this, do more content on Iraqi culture it’s super fun to watch :)

  • @cmcfaddin
    @cmcfaddin Před 4 lety +3

    Such wonderful energy, thank you for creating interesting and lighthearted content.

  • @edalik9620
    @edalik9620 Před 4 lety +19

    طيح سعدك🇱🇾 = طاح حظك 🇮🇶
    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @staknumber7249
    @staknumber7249 Před 5 lety +19

    Common iraqi jokes always bangs lol

  • @tryingmybest7659
    @tryingmybest7659 Před 4 lety +1

    Am loving this channel ❤️I just found out about it yesterday

  • @Auws
    @Auws Před 5 lety +19

    Jheeeze looking forward to this channel

    • @KulanaArab
      @KulanaArab  Před 5 lety +1

      Thank you, appreciate the support!

  • @staknumber7249
    @staknumber7249 Před 5 lety +1

    Ayy this channel needs to pop ak !common my guy is underrated af

  • @zakariaabbioui6479
    @zakariaabbioui6479 Před 5 lety

    thanks you for sharing !

  • @donaamay925
    @donaamay925 Před 3 lety +7

    I'm going to start Nick naming my family members these 😂 they don't speak or understand or won't even know what I'm saying.

  • @ayahfarhan9413
    @ayahfarhan9413 Před 5 lety +10

    4:37 so I’m guessing it’s kind of like how kuwaiti people say “malat 3alaych” & move their hands like that 😂😂😂😂

  • @mdheartsuju
    @mdheartsuju Před 5 lety +19

    Klawchi is like swindler

    • @staknumber7249
      @staknumber7249 Před 5 lety +3

      Gaemer Elf it means dodgy more times !

    • @hessaa1712
      @hessaa1712 Před 4 lety

      Oh I never know

    • @jimboslic2049
      @jimboslic2049 Před 4 lety

      Yeh or scoundrel. Some one dodgy and not trustworthy

    • @7164227
      @7164227 Před 3 lety

      in kuwait we say kalakchi it means lier

  • @rowanaldean
    @rowanaldean Před 5 lety +24

    min wara khashmek - from behind your nose 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @chubbychaserjr.7246
    @chubbychaserjr.7246 Před 4 lety +14

    Ha ha ha!!!... Mohammed's laugh is sooo infectious! Couldn't stop laughing along all throughout the vid!... Anybody knows his IG or FB please? Just for research purposes... LOLS!... 😅

  • @maryamryadh8391
    @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety +3

    5:27
    طفت الكهرباء😂😂😂💔

  • @shammurad6101
    @shammurad6101 Před 5 lety +37

    Umidaak one had me cackling

  • @lazyraccoonn
    @lazyraccoonn Před 4 lety +1

    LOL this had me cracking up so much. Everything is so freakin true and these dudes explained the words/phrases in the best way possible hahaha XD

  • @chantaln6843
    @chantaln6843 Před 4 lety

    Fascinating!

  • @thea-lister5210
    @thea-lister5210 Před 4 lety +7

    Taah hathak means your luck fell

  • @Bodom92
    @Bodom92 Před 4 lety +2

    The Ummidak with the hand gesture was hilarious hahaha

  • @Lulujuicebox69
    @Lulujuicebox69 Před 5 lety +10

    Lmaoooooo ‏نعيماً😂😂😂😂 that’s hard to explain too

  • @basemrab3028
    @basemrab3028 Před 4 lety +3

    Shaku Maku is like "what's up?" or "what's crackin'?"

  • @axeldara4200
    @axeldara4200 Před 4 lety +2

    Great video! Just one thing though, Sarat Zahmeh actually means something along the lines of "We put you out" or "we have inconvenienced you", sometimes you say zahamnak instead. Funny thing is I hear it used sarcastically like if someone does the bare minimum work/chore then you sarcastically say SARAT ZAHMEH(!) Like well done or don't do me any favours because it's something you should have done anyway/you did your job.

  • @ghanimalfadli2353
    @ghanimalfadli2353 Před 5 lety +2

    Min a’yni- from my eye

  • @ishouldprobablyberevising1441

    Please do a part 2 of this 😂

  • @norsabah1402
    @norsabah1402 Před 4 lety

    حلوه الفكره a good Idiea

  • @worldofsinbadl696
    @worldofsinbadl696 Před 4 lety

    Loving this video صارت زحمة 😂

  • @sprinklechats963
    @sprinklechats963 Před 3 lety

    Not the light turning off at 5:20 it really gave the Iraqi aspect

  • @maryamryadh8391
    @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety +1

    احب هاي الاغنية😂💔
    I ❤️this sing

  • @maryamryadh8391
    @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety +3

    Umidaak
    When you raise the palm of your hand and point in front of this person

  • @user-sx4jr2xo3j
    @user-sx4jr2xo3j Před 5 lety +1

    منور حمزه الغالي

  • @mutawifnomad9248
    @mutawifnomad9248 Před 4 lety

    Do Jordanian lahjah as well....ahh i miss those place

  • @ral7521
    @ral7521 Před 5 lety +6

    Hahaha I love these kind of videos, our Iraqi lahja is hot

  • @mariareginaibeng6707
    @mariareginaibeng6707 Před 3 lety

    you guys cute when laughing🤩

  • @miriamchmielowiec245
    @miriamchmielowiec245 Před 3 lety +2

    "When you're very hospital" :D :D :D :D :D by the way, what's the title of the song in the background?

  • @shammurad6101
    @shammurad6101 Před 5 lety +11

    Noooo I’m dying

  • @buzzlightyear1010
    @buzzlightyear1010 Před 4 lety

    I swear I saw the dude at 0:31 in a video about this American dude who visited Saudi arabic

  • @Matatatano
    @Matatatano Před 2 lety

    cool

  • @antonioscendrategattico2302

    So you could translate sawarit beek as "serves you right"?

  • @KA-47-A
    @KA-47-A Před 3 lety

    Is cool

  • @Rookaya2126
    @Rookaya2126 Před měsícem

    As an Iraqi Australian I cannot even translate this either it’s really funny

  • @maryamryadh8391
    @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety +1

    ﮩلُـِـِِـِِِـِِـِـوُ ‘ نورت آنـِِـِـي آنـِِـِـي عراقية

  • @Gerryji
    @Gerryji Před 5 lety +1

    This made me laugh sooo much 😂😂😂

  • @zaynabalhussaini8529
    @zaynabalhussaini8529 Před 5 lety +9

    ططوه .. قز القرط ..فلك طرك ..دربونه .. جمار.. هذه بعض الكلمات ترجموها ههههه ..👏👏

    • @KulanaArab
      @KulanaArab  Před 5 lety +2

      هههههه شكرا لك

    • @mmd-dh4ef
      @mmd-dh4ef Před 4 lety

      اصعب شي قز القرط😂😂💔

    • @hessaa1712
      @hessaa1712 Před 4 lety

      ما فهمت شي ههه

    • @nahidhkurdi6740
      @nahidhkurdi6740 Před 4 lety +1

      دربونة alley
      جمار kernel
      و اعتذر عن ترجمة الباقيات للصعوبة البالغة. 😁

  • @youngaj3012
    @youngaj3012 Před 4 lety +2

    Klowchi means cheeky :DD

  • @user-hh5fs1oy5y
    @user-hh5fs1oy5y Před 4 lety

    اشتركت بقناتكم😎🇮🇶

  • @basmah28
    @basmah28 Před 3 lety +3

    Hilarious! loved it. Whats the background song?

    • @maryamryadh8391
      @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety +1

      هاي ماادري شنو نظرتكم علينة احنة العراقيين لذلك طلعت هاذا الفيديو تره احنا ناس مثقفين والله 😂😂💔

  • @osamaattallah6956
    @osamaattallah6956 Před 3 lety

    sarat zahma is used sarcastically mostly haha. i barely heard anyone use it sincerely. its used when someone is too stingy

  • @mohammadfaris8712
    @mohammadfaris8712 Před 4 lety

    هلو من العراق

  • @imposter-982
    @imposter-982 Před 5 lety +4

    my friend arabs are not like latinos. arabs are arabs. dont talk about other people. we arabs can come in all skin tones. white to brown. olive too.

  • @3BDALR7MANxF
    @3BDALR7MANxF Před 4 lety

    آغاتي و هوايه

  • @bella-yn6oy
    @bella-yn6oy Před 3 lety

    4:06
    nooo
    it comes from the standered arabic همُ دهاكَ
    means ( be lost in you sorrows ) or (you may be drown in your worries)or somethin like that 😂

  • @maryamryadh8391
    @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety +1

    4:10 nooo
    لااا😂💔

  • @maryamryadh8391
    @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety +1

    No, it has become a saart zahma which means, for example, when you ask someone to bring you a cup of water and bring you a saart
    والله بعد مااكدر افسر اكثر من هيج😂💔

  • @laurad2744
    @laurad2744 Před rokem

    laughing out out at this video 🤣

  • @honeyeuphrates
    @honeyeuphrates Před 4 lety +1

    5:29 ntefet el khreba 😂😂😂

  • @scarletred518
    @scarletred518 Před 3 měsíci

    Cud u tell me if “Baqila” is an Iraqi word & what does it mean..plz

  • @a.al0151
    @a.al0151 Před 5 lety +4

    Shakkoo makkkoooo 😂😂

  • @oscarjames1145
    @oscarjames1145 Před 3 lety

    Isn't Kalawchy means like Crafty

  • @programmertwo
    @programmertwo Před 4 lety

    شنو يعني (لك او لج )و كذلك( الدنية مكلوبة)

  • @mbnick_
    @mbnick_ Před 3 lety

    what’s the song you used in this video?

  • @analee9367
    @analee9367 Před 2 lety

    Omadak is “coulda had a V8”

  • @BadmanAK03
    @BadmanAK03 Před 5 lety +2

    🤣🤣❤️

  • @fatmajamal3802
    @fatmajamal3802 Před 4 lety +1

    Omg someone plzz tell me how I Can find the intro song

  • @ivankholodov8924
    @ivankholodov8924 Před 4 lety +1

    Hey dude shaku maku actually supposed to be sh aku sh maku which would mean what's there what's not there which kind of makes sense to be translated to what's happening

    • @xnicksomox
      @xnicksomox Před rokem

      Exactly super easy one.
      Sh’ ako - what’s there, sh’ mako - what isn’t there
      Similar to Levantines using:
      Shu fi ma fi

  • @amirzeidan4692
    @amirzeidan4692 Před 3 lety +1

    Song name?

  • @fxdedflwer5118
    @fxdedflwer5118 Před 2 lety

    Instead of ta hathak, I say taya ha la hathak lol

  • @orlandobillups3087
    @orlandobillups3087 Před 4 lety

    what is the name of the first song

  • @iraqieagle77
    @iraqieagle77 Před 3 lety +1

    Trying to relearn arabic and since I'm Iraqi i decided to search up slang to see if i knew 🤣🤣

    • @maryamryadh8391
      @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety

      Ima iraqi that not funny 😒
      هاي ماادري شنو نظرتكم علينة احنة العراقيين لذلك طلعت هاذا الفيديو تره احنا ناس مثقفين والله 😂😂💔

  • @a.al0151
    @a.al0151 Před 5 lety +1

    🙏🙌ammadak 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @iamgratefula5313
    @iamgratefula5313 Před 5 lety +3

    this video is hilarious.

  • @nahidhkurdi6740
    @nahidhkurdi6740 Před 4 lety +2

    كلاوجي
    is as close to "crook" as I care to think.

  • @maryamryadh8391
    @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety +1

    4:52
    No they understand

  • @maryamryadh8391
    @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety +1

    خالة ويا خالة ماالومج لو شما حجيتي😂😂💔

  • @geil340
    @geil340 Před 2 lety

    I guess lots of ppl know what عدب سز means although its kind of hard to translate

    • @xnicksomox
      @xnicksomox Před rokem

      It means like “without shame”? Or “without punishment”? Usually my parents say that if I said something bad or sexual or something

  • @orlandobillups3087
    @orlandobillups3087 Před 4 lety

    What is the first song

  • @deinemudder19
    @deinemudder19 Před 4 lety

    Schlonek melonek?

  • @codelinker6318
    @codelinker6318 Před 4 lety +4

    Shaku maku = شكو ماكو = How is it going?
    Taah hathak = طاح حظك = I hope you waste your luck.
    Saarat zahma = صارت زحمة = I've bothered you (I understand it as 'Sorry for bothering you')
    Klowchi = كلاوجي = Twister (GB)
    Umidaak = امداك = Screw you
    _________
    The first one is just an alien term I don't even use it

  • @mdheartsuju
    @mdheartsuju Před 5 lety +3

    How do you translate گبارة

  • @makeupforeverimmortal4828

    Some phrases are similar to khaleeji.. umdaak is similar to our maalet 3aleek 😂

  • @eng.am.a.m.a3646
    @eng.am.a.m.a3646 Před 4 lety

    terqa3a

  • @honeyeuphrates
    @honeyeuphrates Před 4 lety

    🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶😍😍😍😍

  • @maryamryadh8391
    @maryamryadh8391 Před 3 lety +1

    😂😂💔 ياربي شلون يلفظون كلمات😂💔

  • @AlBasrawi98
    @AlBasrawi98 Před rokem

    1:04 this dude looks like me lmao, we really have very diverse but repetitive genes

    • @dude926
      @dude926 Před 7 měsíci

      Where are you from

  • @jovieappoggiatura
    @jovieappoggiatura Před 2 lety

    آب اللهاب يذوب البسمار بالباب

  • @ShakirahIbaad
    @ShakirahIbaad Před 4 lety +2

    I thought klowchi means cheeky lol

    • @xnicksomox
      @xnicksomox Před rokem

      It’s more like a clever trickster

  • @Habbad90
    @Habbad90 Před 4 lety +1

    All this and nobody metioned gowad or kharab ina

  • @rafigassel
    @rafigassel Před 4 lety +1

    Shlonak, meaning 'whats up'.
    Also here in Israel we will say naal dinak or naal rabak, which means 'cursed is your faith' or 'cursed is you God', just like a way to say 'oh crap' when something upsetting happens.
    I heard this is Iraqi but not used anymore. Modern Arabic curses are more dirty, we use those as well.

    • @Allinda.
      @Allinda. Před 4 lety +1

      Naal dinak and naal rabak it's the exact same in Arabic
      Naal is like cursed, rabak mean your God and dinak mean you're religion or faith

    • @rafigassel
      @rafigassel Před 4 lety

      @@Allinda.
      I think it should be 'in al dinak' but people just say naal dinak.
      Do people use this phrase where you are from?

    • @Allinda.
      @Allinda. Před 4 lety +1

      Rafi Gassel
      it's enal or in Iraq sometimes they say it naal , Arabs say it with ع, Enعl the letter is not exist in English,
      Yes they say it where I'm from Arab countries in general say it, but it's not a good sentence only teenager say it with each other sometimes or when they fight. Because it's disrespectful to the people's faith and to God

    • @Allinda.
      @Allinda. Před 4 lety +1

      Rafi Gassel
      Enal or naal it comes from the Arabic word elan mean curse

    • @rafigassel
      @rafigassel Před 4 lety +1

      @@Allinda. that's interesting.
      I know the word elan, as in 'elan il yahud in nasser il Islam', I didn't know it was related to enal. My wife's family is from Iraq, so the say naal dinak, if one of the kids throws a ball over the fence or spills food on the floor.
      We also have ع in our language, pronounced ayin, looks like ע in Hebrew.