How to say "high school, secondary school" in Arabic
CognateMeaninghigh school, secondary school
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّة
madrasa thānawiyyaמדרסה ת'אנויה
مدرسة ثانوية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תיכון
tikhonتِيخُون
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ث-ن-يHebrew root
ש-נ-הThānawī, 'secondary', is built on thānī, 'second', which is Hebrew שני; Arabic th regularly matches Hebrew ש (thalātha ↔ שלוש). Hebrew תיכון is 'the middle one', from ת-ו-ך.
Related Hebrew word:שניsheniشِنِي
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In a phrase
أُخْتِي فِي الثَّانَوِيَّة
ukhtī fī th-thānawiyyaאח'תי פי א-ת'אנויהMy sister is in high school.
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