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How to say "algebra" in Arabic

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Meaningalgebra

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

جَبْر

jabrג'בר

جبر

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

אלגברה

algebraأَلْگِبْرَا

How the two words are related

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Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).

Arabic root

ج-ب-ر

Hebrew root

ג-ב-ר

Hebrew אלגברה is Arabic al-jabr, 'the restoring', from the title of al-Khwārizmī's ninth-century book. It came to Hebrew through Latin and European languages, with the Arabic article still attached. The root j-b-r, 'to set a bone, compel', is cognate with Hebrew ג-ב-ר, 'to be strong' (גיבור).

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مَسْأَلَة فِي الْجَبْر
masʾala fī l-jabrמסאלה פי אל-ג'בר

an algebra problem

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