How to say "translation" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningtranslation
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَرْجَمَة
tarjamaתרג'מה
ترجمة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תרגום
targumتَارْگُوم
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ت-ر-ج-مHebrew root
ת-ר-ג-םThe same ancient loan as this app's 'translator': Akkadian targumannu 'interpreter' passed through Aramaic into both languages. Hebrew תרגום is the Targum itself — the Aramaic Bible translation — and Arabic tarjama is the identical noun.
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In a phrase
تَرْجَمَة إِلَى الْعِبْرِيَّة
tarjama ilā l-ʿibriyyaתרג'מה אלא אל-עבריהa translation into Hebrew
Plural
تَرْجَمَات
tarjamātתרג'מאתsound feminine plural -āt.