“Happy New Year!” in Tunisian Arabic

By Nada A. On May 27, 2023

In Tunisian Arabic, “Happy New Year!” (the phrase) is written using the Latin script as:

Bonne année!

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

!بون أناي

(Editor’s note: Other phrases that are spoken at New Year’s (and can occur at other times of the year) are:

“May you be well every year”

Kol 3am w enti b khir / كل عام و انتي بخير

“May you be alive and well each year”

- (sing.) (m) Kol 3am w enti 7ay b khir / كل عام و انتي حي بخير
- (sing.) (f) Kol 3am w enti 7aya b khir / كل عام و انتي حية بخير
- (pl.) Kol 3am w enti 7ayin b khir / كل عام و انتي حيين بخير)