How to say "foreigner" in Arabic
New wordMeaningforeigner
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَجْنَبِيّ
ajnabīאג'נבי
أجنبي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
זר
zarزَار
How the two words are related
New word
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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.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
أَجْنَبِي
agnabiאגנביHard g in Cairo: agnabi; a Western foreigner is affectionately il-khawāga.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
گَاوْرِي
gāwriגאוריDarija's Westerner is a gāwri, from Turkish gavur.
In a phrase
هُوَ رَجُل أَجْنَبِيّ
huwa rajul ajnabīהו רג'ל אג'נביhe is a foreign man
Plural
أَجَانِب
ajānibאג'אנבbroken plural aCāCiC
Feminine
أَجْنَبِيَّة
ajnabiyyaאג'נביה