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Word entry · Arabic
Yallah.
/ya-lah/· interj. · Arabicexpression
"Let's go. Come on. Move it. Now."

The most useful word in Dubai after inshallah. Context shifts the tone entirely: yallah from a friend is let's go; yallah from a driver inching through traffic is move it; yallah from a parent to a child is come on, now. Yallah yallah (doubled) means you're serious. Yallah bye has become its own farewell in Dubai English.