عقبال

Arabic

Etymology

Univerbation of اَلْعُقْبَى لِـ‎ (al-ʿuqbā li-)

Interjection

عُقْبَال or عِقْبَال or عَقْبَال • (ʿuqbāl or ʿiqbāl or ʿaqbāl)

  1. (colloquial) used in wishes when congratulating: good luck with..., may you..., hoping that...
    ‏كُلُّ سَنَة وَأَنْتَ طَيِّب عُقْبَال مِئَة شَمْعَة‎
    kullu sana(t) waʾanta ṭayyib ʿuqbāl miʾa(t) šamʿa
    Happy birthday, and may you once have 100 candles (live 100 years).
    ‏تَزَوَّجَ فُلَانٌ وَعُقْبَال عَلَان‎
    tazawwaja fulānun waʿuqbāl ʿalān
    A has married, and may B also marry.
    ‏عُقْبَالَك / عُقْبَال عِنْدَك‎
    ʿuqbālak / ʿuqbāl ʿindak
    (when replying) And may you have the same.
    Synonym: رَيْثَمَا‎ (rayṯamā)
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