"Habibi" is one of the most popular messages in the Arab world. Despite the fact that this word is masculine, it is used in relation to a woman and means the same as "beloved". However, habibi is currently changing its 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, this word is often used in relation to a woman, although "habibi" is a masculine appeal. In the feminine gender, “habibati” would sound (or “habibti” - an abbreviated form). The word is also used by Arab friends to communicate with each other. Indeed, in Arabic, "friend" will be "habib."
Thus, “habibi” is both “sweetheart”, “beloved / beloved”, and “boyfriend / girlfriend”.
The word is very often used in songs in Arabic. Apparently, it was in this way that it entered other languages. After all, what song (especially of a romantic character) in Arabic do not include, "habibi" will sound from everywhere. In New York, there is even a musical band called Habibi.
You need to pronounce this word with aspiration 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 the name of gigolos in Egypt, Israel, Turkey and other resort countries that breed naive Russian women for money, promising them endless love, but only using their finances.
Famous people with the surname Habibi
The word in question means not only “beloved” or “friend”. There is also the surname Habibi in Arabic. So, in the 15th century an Azerbaijani poet lived with that name (it was a pseudonym), and at the beginning of the 20th century - an Uzbek. The president of Indonesia, who ruled in the 1990s, also bore the name of Habibi. In Iran, his namesake Imam Ali lives - a wrestler, athlete and Olympic champion in 1956. The famous Iranian statesman of the XX-XXI centuries also bore the name of Khabibi. Finally, in 1922-1996, the prose writer Emile Habibi lived in Palestine.