How to say "Sunday" in Arabic
CognateMeaningSunday
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
الْأَحَد
al-aḥadאל-אחד
الأحد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יום ראשון
yom rishonيُوم رِيشُون
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
أ-ح-دHebrew root
א-ח-דDay one: aḥad is Hebrew אחד (one). Both calendars count Sunday as the first day — exactly like יום ראשון.
Related Hebrew word:אחדekhadإِخَاد
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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
الْحَدّ
il-ḥaddאל-חדCairo: (yōm) il-ḥadd.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
الْحدّ
l-ḥeddאל-חדDarija: (nhār) l-ḥedd.
In a phrase
الْيَوْم يَوْم الْأَحَد
al-yawm yawm al-aḥadאל-יום יום אל-אחדtoday is Sunday