How to say "to translate" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningto translate
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَرْجَمَ
tarjamaתרג'ם
ترجم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תרגם
tirgemتِرْگِم
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-םBoth languages conjugate the same loan from Akkadian targumannu 'interpreter' (via Aramaic) as a four-consonant verb: tarjama = תרגם, letter for letter.
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In a phrase
تَرْجَمَ الْجُمْلَة إِلَى الْعَرَبِيَّة
tarjama l-jumla ilā l-ʿarabiyyaתרג'ם אל-ג'מלה אלא אל-ערביהHe translated the sentence into Arabic.