How to say "chemistry" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningchemistry
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كِيمْيَاء
kīmyāʾכימיאא
كيمياء
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כימיה
khimyaخِمْيَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
A round trip: Arabic al-kīmiyāʾ (probably from Greek khēmeía) entered Medieval Latin as alchimia — 'alchemy', Arabic article and all — and Europe later trimmed it to 'chemistry', the form Modern Hebrew borrowed. Hebrew כימיה is an Arabic word that came home via Europe.
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In a phrase
مُخْتَبَر الْكِيمْيَاء
mukhtabar al-kīmyāʾמח'תבר אל-כימיאאthe chemistry lab