استنى هنا، انا هاجي دلوقتي.

A natural Egyptian pronunciation is:

istanna hina, ana hāgi dilwaʔti

A rough word-by-word guide:

• استنى → istanna
• هنا → hina
• انا → ana
• هاجي → hāgi
• دلوقتي → dilwaʔti

A few pronunciation notes:

• ج in Egyptian Arabic is usually pronounced like g in go.
• The ʔ in dilwaʔti is a small catch in the throat, like the break in uh-oh.
• هنا in Egyptian sounds more like hina, not like MSA hunā.

استنى means wait!, hold on!, or stay for a moment.

In this sentence, it is an imperative: the speaker is telling someone to wait.

Depending on context, استنى can mean:

• wait here
• hold on
• just a second
• hang on

So it is a very common everyday word in Egyptian Arabic.

In informal Egyptian writing, استنى is the usual spelling for the masculine singular command istanna.

That final ى here represents the final -a sound in pronunciation.

This helps distinguish it from other forms:

• استنى → istanna → said to one man
• استني → istanni → said to one woman
• استنوا → istannu / istannaw → said to more than one person

So the spelling is tied to the spoken Egyptian form, not to formal MSA spelling rules.

هاجي means I’ll come or I’m coming in a future sense.

It contains a future marker at the beginning, so Arabic does not need a separate word like will.

A useful comparison:

• باجي = I come / I’m coming / I usually come depending on context
• هاجي = I’ll come

So in this sentence:

• انا هاجي دلوقتي = I’ll come right now / I’m coming in a moment

In informal Egyptian writing, you may also see slightly different spellings for this future form, but the idea is the same: the beginning of the verb marks the future.

Because Arabic often allows the subject pronoun to be optional.

هاجي by itself already tells you the subject is I. So:

• هاجي دلوقتي = perfectly natural
• انا هاجي دلوقتي = also natural

Adding انا can do a few things:

• make the sentence clearer
• add emphasis
• sound reassuring or contrastive, like I’ll come, don’t worry

So here انا is not required, but it sounds very normal.

Yes, دلوقتي literally means now / right now.

But in real conversation, when it comes with a future action, it often means:

• right away
• in a second
• in a moment
• very soon

So انا هاجي دلوقتي does not have to mean the speaker is already arriving at this exact instant. Very often it means:

I’m coming right away
or
I’ll be there in a moment

This is a very common Egyptian usage.

Usually no. In Egyptian Arabic, ج is most often pronounced like g in go.

So:

• هاجي sounds like hāgi
• not like hāji

This is one of the best-known features of Egyptian Arabic.

If you know MSA or other dialects, you may have learned ج as a j sound, but Egyptian normally uses the hard g sound in everyday speech.

Yes, it is natural and conversational.

A few natural variations are:

• استنى هنا، هاجي دلوقتي.
• استنى هنا، انا جاي دلوقتي.
• استنى هنا، انا هاجي حالًا.
  This last one sounds a bit more formal because حالًا is less colloquial than دلوقتي.

There is also a small nuance between two versions:

• انا هاجي دلوقتي = I’ll come right now / I’ll come in a moment
• انا جاي دلوقتي = I’m on my way now / I’m coming now

In many real situations, both work.

The part that changes is the command استنى.

• To one man: استنى هنا، انا هاجي دلوقتي.
• To one woman: استني هنا، انا هاجي دلوقتي.
• To a group: استنوا هنا، انا هاجي دلوقتي.

Notice that هاجي does not change, because it means I will come, and first-person singular is the same whether the speaker is male or female.

By itself, it sounds normal and everyday, but it is fairly direct, like English Wait here, I’ll come right now.

That is not rude in the right context, especially with friends, family, coworkers, or in a practical situation.

If you want to sound softer or more polite, you can add something like:

• استنى هنا لو سمحت، انا هاجي دلوقتي.
  to a man
• استني هنا لو سمحتي، انا هاجي دلوقتي.
  to a woman

That gives you the sense of Please wait here, I’ll come right back.