How to say "to close" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto close
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَغْلَقَ
aghlaqaאע'לק
أغلق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סגר
sagarسَاگَار
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
سَكَّر
sakkarסכרEveryday Levantine says sakkar — conveniently close to Hebrew סגר as a memory hook.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
قَفَل
ʾafalאפלCairo says ʾafal (spelled قفل): iʾfil il-bāb — 'close the door'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
سدّ
seddסדDarija's 'to close' is sedd: sedd l-bāb — 'close the door'.
In a phrase
أَغْلَقَ النَّافِذَة
aghlaqa an-nāfidhaאע'לק א-נאפד'הHe closed the window