Where does “بصراحة” come from?

بصراحة (South Levantine Arabic) comes from South Levantine Arabic صراحة, from Arabic صَرَاحَة.

بصراحة (South Levantine Arabic): honestly, truthfully

Definitions

  1. honestly, truthfully

Ancestry of “بصراحة”, step by step

بصراحة traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via South Levantine Arabic صراحة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1South Levantine Arabicصراحةfrankness, sincerity, honesty
2Arabicصَرَاحَة

via South Levantine Arabic بـ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1South Levantine Arabicبـ
Every word from Arabic صَرَاحَة