African Slang Words Starting With "Y"

يغسل (Washes)

يطيب (Cooks)

يحاول (Tries)

يولو (YOLO / you only live once)

The vocative 'O/Hey' in Arabic, heavily used in Libyan speech. Placed before a name or even alone like 'hey you'. They o...

يا هلا (Welcome)

يا ليلي (Oh my goodness)

يا ربي (Oh my God)

يا سلام (Oh wow)

يا زين (Oh beautiful)

An expression loosely meaning 'Oh, you're in trouble now' or 'Poor you (you're about to get it)'. Said when someone's ab...

يعني (I mean / like)

يلا باي (Let's go, bye)

ياريت (I wish)

يبرد (Cools)

يدوم (Lasts / continues)

يعاكس (Catcall / flirt)

يعطيك (Gives you)

يحميك (Protects you)

يقطع (Cuts / chops)

يقلي (Fries)

يقرا (Reads / studies)

يفهم (Understands)

يفرن (Yefren)

يفشل (Fails)

يهدر (Talks / speaks)

يجازيك (Rewards you)

يكفي (Enough / sufficient)

يخبي (He's hitting on)

يخبز (Bakes)

يخدم (Works)

يخلط (Mixes)

يكرمك (Honors you)

يكسب (Wins / earns)

يكسر القانون (Breaks the rules)

يكتب (Writes)

يلعب (Plays)

يما (Mom / mother)

يمشي (Walks / goes)

ينجح (Succeeds)

ينسى (Forgets)

يرحم (Have mercy)

يركض (Runs)

يشوي (Grills)

يسكت (Be quiet / shut up)

يسمع (Listens / hears)

يستر (Covers / protects)

يوقف (Stands / stops)

يزين (Beautifies / makes nice)

يفكر (Thinks)