How to say "to spell" in Arabic

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Meaningto spell

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

تَهَجَّى

tahajjāתהג'א

تهجى

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

איית

iyetإِيِت

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ه-ج-و

Same root as hijāʾ — ḥurūf al-hijāʾ, 'the spelling letters', is the name of the alphabet in its modern ا ب ت ث order.

كَيْفَ تَتَهَجَّى هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَة؟

kayfa tatahajjā hādhihi l-kalima?כיף תתהג'א הד'ה אל-כלמה?

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