Arabic vocabulary
بَخhow wonderful
How to say “how wonderful” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
قال بخ بخ
He said: 'How wonderful!'
بَخٍ بَخٍ — how wonderful. This is an exclamation word expressing delight or approval, here doubled for stronger feeling, roughly 'splendid, splendid!'. It is a fixed interjection, not an inflected word; the repetition is the device that intensifies the admiration.
From: A Handful of Dates and Paradise →فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ما يحملك على قولك بخ بخ
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'What makes you say 'How wonderful'?'
بَخٍ بَخٍ — how wonderful. This is the same delight-exclamation, doubled, 'splendid, splendid', quoted back inside the question. It is a fixed interjection rather than an inflected word; the repetition carries the admiring force the Prophet is asking about.
From: A Handful of Dates and Paradise →
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