How to say "news" in Arabic
New wordMeaningnews
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَخْبَار
akhbārאח'באר
أخبار
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חדשות
khadashotخَادَاشُوت
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
خ-ب-رNo shared root: akhbār is the plural of khabar 'report', so the Arabic news are 'the reports' while Hebrew חדשות are 'the new things'. Arabic keeps that 'new' root elsewhere — see ḥādith.
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In a phrase
نَشْرَة الْأَخْبَار
nashrat al-akhbārנשרת אל-אח'בארthe news broadcast