How to say "meaning" in Arabic
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Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَعْنَى
maʿnāמענא
معنى
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
משמעות
mashma'utمَاشْمَاؤُوت
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ع-ن-يNo shared root: Hebrew משמעות is built on ש-מ-ע 'to hear' (Arabic samiʿa) — 'what is heard in a word' — while Arabic maʿnā comes from ع-ن-ي 'to intend, mean', the same root as the filler word yaʿnī, 'I mean'.
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مَا مَعْنَى هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَة؟
mā maʿnā hādhihi l-kalima?מא מענא הד'ה אל-כלמה?What is the meaning of this word?
Plural
مَعَانٍ
maʿāninמעאנןbroken plural mafāʿil; with the article: al-maʿānī.