How to say "kindergarten" in Arabic
New wordMeaningkindergarten
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رَوْضَة أَطْفَال
rawḍat aṭfālרוצ'ת אטפאל
روضة أطفال
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
גן ילדים
gan yeladimگَان يِلَادِيم
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Arabic root
ر-و-ضBoth languages translated German Kindergarten, 'children's garden', each with its own garden word: Arabic rawḍa, 'meadow, garden', and Hebrew גן. The roots differ, though גן has an Arabic cousin in janna, 'garden, paradise'.
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Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
رَوْضَة
rōḍaרוצ'הaw flattens to ō, and the bare word is enough: ibni bir-rōḍa, 'my son is in kindergarten'.
In a phrase
أَخِي فِي الرَّوْضَة
akhī fī r-rawḍaאח'י פי א-רוצ'הMy brother is in kindergarten.
Plural
رِيَاض أَطْفَال
riyāḍ aṭfālריאצ' אטפאלbroken plural fiʿāl; also the name of the Saudi capital, Riyadh, 'the gardens'.
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