"Habibi" is one of the most popular terms in the Arab world. Although it is a masculine word, it is used in relation to a woman and means the same as "beloved." However, nowadays "habibi" is changing meaning. It is used in the meaning of "buddy, friend".
Translation of the Arabic word "habibi"
"My dear" or "beloved" is what the word in question means. In Arabic, it is written as follows: حَبيبي.
Interestingly, more often this word is used in relation to a woman, although "habibi" is a masculine address. In the feminine, it would sound "habibati" (or "habibti" - an abbreviated form). The word is also used by Arab friends to communicate with each other. After all, in Arabic "friend" will be "khabib".
Thus, "habibi" is both "cute / sweetheart", and "beloved / beloved", and "friend / girlfriend".
The word isvery often used in songs in Arabic. Apparently, this is how it entered other languages. After all, no matter what song (especially of a romantic nature) you turn on in Arabic, “habibi” will sound from everywhere. There is even a band in New York called Habibi.
Pronounce this word with a breath on the first syllable, as, for example, in the English word Hi or in German Hallo. By the way, due to the frequent inability to pronounce this letter correctly, the Arab population distinguishes the Slavs from other Europeans.
The word has not the best meaning. This is what he calls gigolos in Egypt, Israel, Turkey and other resort countries, who breed naive Russian women for money, promising them endless love, but only using their finances.
Famous personalities with surnames Khabibi
The word in question doesn't just mean "beloved" or "friend". There is also a surname Habibi in Arabic. So, in the 15th century there lived an Azerbaijani poet with such a surname (it was a pseudonym), and at the beginning of the 20th century - an Uzbek one. The President of Indonesia, who ruled in the 1990s, also bore the surname Habibi. His namesake Imam Ali lives in Iran - a wrestler, athlete and Olympic champion in 1956. The well-known Iranian statesman of the XX-XXI centuries also bore the surname Habibi. Finally, in 1922-1996, the prose writer Emile Habibi lived in Palestine.
