How to say "physical education, PE" in Arabic
New wordMeaningphysical education, PE
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَرْبِيَة رِيَاضِيَّة
tarbiya riyāḍiyyaתרביה ריאצ'יה
تربية رياضية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חינוך גופני
khinukh gufaniخِينُوخ گُوفَانِي
How the two words are related
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A word-for-word match in structure: tarbiya 'education, upbringing' + riyāḍiyya 'athletic', just as Hebrew says 'bodily education'. Pupils in both languages mostly just say 'sport'.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
رِيَاضَة
riyāḍaריאצ'הPupils call the period simply riyāḍa, 'sport' — ʿindna riyāḍa, 'we have PE'.
In a phrase
عِنْدَنَا تَرْبِيَة رِيَاضِيَّة الْيَوْم
ʿindanā tarbiya riyāḍiyya al-yawmענדנא תרביה ריאצ'יה אל-יוםWe have PE today.