How to say "civics" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningcivics
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَدَنِيَّات
madaniyyātמדניאת
مدنيات
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אזרחות
ezrakhutإِزْرَاخُوت
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
م-د-نHebrew root
ד-י-ןMadaniyyāt, 'civic matters', comes from madanī 'civil' and madīna 'city'. Madīna is an old loan from Aramaic mdīntā, 'a jurisdiction', from ד-י-ן 'to judge' — the same word as Hebrew מדינה. Hebrew's 'district' became 'state', Arabic's became 'city'.
Related Hebrew word:מדינהmedinaمِدِينَا
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اِمْتِحَان مَدَنِيَّات
imtiḥān madaniyyātאמתחאן מדניאתa civics exam