How to say "school bag, backpack" in Arabic

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Meaningschool bag, backpack

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

حَقِيبَة مَدْرَسِيَّة

ḥaqība madrasiyyaחקיבה מדרסיה

حقيبة مدرسية

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

תיק

tikتِيك

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ح-ق-ب

No Hebrew relative for ḥaqība 'bag', but the adjective madrasiyya 'school-' comes from madrasa, root د-ر-س — the cousin of Hebrew ד-ר-ש, as in מדרש.

How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.

Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

شَنْطَة

shanṭaשנטה

Everyday Levantine for any bag, the school bag included: shanṭit il-madrase.

Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

شَنْطَة

shanṭaשנטה

Cairo also says shanṭa (from Turkish çanta) for a school bag.

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

صَاك

ṣākצאך

From French sac: ṣāk d l-madrasa is the Darija school bag.

حَقِيبَتِي ثَقِيلَة

ḥaqībatī thaqīlaחקיבתי ת'קילה

My school bag is heavy.

حَقَائِب

ḥaqāʾibחקאאב

broken plural faʿāʾil.