How to say "competition, contest" in Arabic

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Meaningcompetition, contest

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

مُسَابَقَة

musābaqaמסאבקה

مسابقة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

תחרות

takharutتَاخَارُوت

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

س-ب-ق

From sabaqa, 'to get ahead, come first': a contest is a race to be first. Hebrew תחרות comes from ח-ר-ה.

مُسَابَقَة شِعْر

musābaqat shiʿrמסאבקת שער

a poetry competition

مُسَابَقَات

musābaqātמסאבקאת

sound feminine plural -āt.