عندي سؤال عن معنى هاي الكلمة.

Yes, it is mostly Levantine, especially because of هاي for this.

A more formal MSA version would usually be:

• عندي سؤال عن معنى هذه الكلمة

In Levantine, هاي is a common feminine this, so:

• هاي الكلمة = this word

The rest of the sentence, like عندي سؤال عن معنى..., is also understandable across Arabic, but هاي is the clearest dialect clue here.

عندي is made of:

• عند = at / with
• ـي = me / my

So عندي literally means at me or with me, but Arabic often uses this structure to express possession:

• عندي سؤال = I have a question
• literally: There is a question with me

This is very common in spoken Arabic.

Because عن means about / concerning.

So:

• سؤال عن... = a question about...

In this sentence:

• عندي سؤال عن معنى... = I have a question about the meaning of...

This works a lot like English question about.

This is an idafa structure, which is the Arabic way of linking nouns, often like English X of Y.

Here:

• معنى = meaning
• هاي الكلمة = this word

Together:

• معنى هاي الكلمة = the meaning of this word

Arabic does not need a separate word for of here. The relationship is shown just by putting the nouns together.

Also, even though معنى does not have الـ, the whole phrase is still definite because هاي الكلمة is definite.

Because كلمة is a feminine noun.

In Levantine, a common pattern is:

• هاد = this for masculine
• هاي = this for feminine

So:

• هاد الكتاب = this book
• هاي الكلمة = this word

Since كلمة is feminine, هاي is the correct match.

Because in Arabic, demonstratives like this are commonly used together with the definite article.

So Arabic naturally says:

• هاي الكلمة
• literally: this the-word
• naturally: this word

This is normal Arabic structure, not a mistake.

You see the same thing in formal Arabic too:

• هذه الكلمة = this word

So for an English speaker, it may feel redundant, but in Arabic it is standard.

Yes. In spoken Levantine, people very often contract:

• هاي الكلمة → هالكلمة

So you may hear:

• عندي سؤال عن معنى هالكلمة

This is very natural and colloquial. Both versions are understandable, but هالكلمة often sounds more fluid in everyday speech.

Yes. A very common everyday question is:

• شو معنى هاي الكلمة؟
• شو معنى هالكلمة؟

That means What does this word mean?

Your original sentence is still correct and useful, but it sounds a bit more like:

• I have a question about the meaning of this word

So it is slightly less direct than just asking the meaning.

A rough pronunciation is:

• ʿindii su'aal ʿan maʿna haay il-kilme

A few notes:

• عندي = ʿindii
• سؤال has a small break in the middle because of the hamza: su-'aal
• هاي sounds roughly like high
• الكلمة in Levantine is often pronounced il-kilme or il-kelme, depending on region

The sound ع at the start of عندي and in معنى does not exist in English, so learners often need extra practice with it.

Yes. In this sentence, كلمة means word.

In Levantine pronunciation, it is often said more like:

• kilme
• or kelme

So although it is written كلمة, the spoken form may sound a little different from the formal written pronunciation.

That is very normal in spoken Arabic.