logoalt Hacker News

pluc • today at 10:49 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

Unrelated: what is "habibi"? To me (and I know nothing), it always sounded like a pejorative term for franco-arabs but I never bothered to validate


Replies

nicocarsui • today at 10:52 AM

It means “my love” in Arabic but you can also use it with friends

➕ show 2 replies
LtWorf • today at 10:50 AM

It just means "my beloved"/"my dear".

recursive-call • today at 12:22 PM

it means “my love” but sometimes we also use it like how american southerners say “bless your heart” or africans say “my brother in christ”, so that might why you have a negative connotation of it