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How to say "student council" in Arabic

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Meaningstudent council

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

مَجْلِس الطُّلَّاب

majlis aṭ-ṭullābמג'לס א-טלאב

مجلس الطلاب

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

מועצת תלמידים

mo'etset talmidimمُوئِتْسِت تَالْمِيدِيم

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Arabic root

ج-ل-س

Majlis is 'a place of sitting', from jalasa, 'to sit' — any council, up to a parliament. The Hebrew תלמיד has an Arabic relative in tilmīdh, 'pupil', which Arabic borrowed from Aramaic.

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عُضْو فِي مَجْلِس الطُّلَّاب
ʿuḍw fī majlis aṭ-ṭullābעצ'ו פי מג'לס א-טלאב

a member of the student council

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