How to say "wheel" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningwheel
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ʿajalaעג'לה
عجلة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
galgalگَالْگَال
How the two words are related
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ع-ج-لHebrew root
ע-ג-לThe same root as Hebrew עגלה — but watch the meanings swap: Hebrew עגלה is the whole cart, while Arabic ʿajala is only the wheel that turns it. Both trace to ع-ج-ل/ע-ג-ל; Hebrew ties the root to roundness (עגול 'round', מעגל 'circle'), while in Arabic the same letters mostly mean 'haste'.
Related Hebrew word:עגלהagalaأَگَالَا
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
In Cairo ʿagala is first of all a bicycle; a car wheel is usually ʿagala too.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
Darija's wheel is a rwīḍa.
In a phrase
the car's wheel
Plural
sound feminine plural -āt