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English term

ABComm

Happy Fiscal New Year

English to Arabic Bus/Financial

This text appears as the subject of a letter addressed to the financial departament after closing the company's fiscal year.

Proposed translations (Arabic)

0	Kul sana maaliyya wa antum bi khayr	Ghassan Ghosn
0	Sana Maliyya Jadida Sa'ida	ahmed66
0	Natamana Lakum Sana Maleyya Sa'eeda	Mona Helal

Proposed translations

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Ghassan Ghosn

114 answers

Native in Arabic

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Kul sana maaliyya wa antum bi khayr

The words 'Aam (masculine) and Sana (feminine) both mean year. For the regular 'Happy New Year,' there are various ways of saying it -the most common of which: Kul 'aam wa antum bi khayr (in STRICT classical Arabic you say: kullu 'aamin...).

By the same token, you say : kul sana maaliyya (kullu sanatin maaliyyatin) wa antum bi khayr.

On the people's level, you may very well say: Sana maaliyya Hilwa (or : sa'eeda)

Peer comment(s):

	Fuad Yahya
	Dikran

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ahmed66

1 answer

Sana Maliyya Jadida Sa'ida

I think there is no need for an explanation. It is clear. However, the Arabic word for happy contains a letter which has no equivalent in English, that is why I put wrote it as "Sa'ida".

Peer comment(s):

Fuad Yahya