How to say "English (language)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningEnglish (language)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
اللُّغَة الْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّة
al-lugha al-injilīziyyaאל-לע'ה אל-אנג'ליזיה
اللغة الإنجليزية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אנגלית
anglitأَنْگْلِيت
How the two words are related
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No shared word, but a shared ending: Arabic -iyya and Hebrew -it are the same old Semitic suffix for 'belonging to', which is why al-ʿarabiyya ↔ ערבית and al-ʿibriyya ↔ עברית line up so neatly.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
إِنْجْلِيزِي
inglīziאנגליזיThe adjective alone names the language, said with a hard g: btiḥki inglīzi? 'Do you speak English?'
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
إِنْجِلِيزِي
ingilīziאנגיליזיCairo says ingilīzi, with the regular Egyptian hard g.
In a phrase
مُعَلِّمَة اللُّغَة الْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّة
muʿallimat al-lugha al-injilīziyyaמעלמת אל-לע'ה אל-אנג'ליזיהthe English teacher (f.)