How to say "Wednesday" in Arabic
CognateMeaningWednesday
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
الْأَرْبِعَاء
al-arbiʿāʾאל-ארבעאא
الأربعاء
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יום רביעי
yom revi'iيُوم رِڤِيئِي
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ب-عHebrew root
ר-ב-עDay four: arbiʿāʾ is built on arbaʿ = Hebrew ארבע. 'Four' maps letter-for-letter between the two languages.
Related Hebrew word:ארבעarbaأَرْبَا
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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
الْأَرْبَع
il-arbaʿאל-ארבעCairo: (yōm) il-arbaʿ.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
الْأَرْبع
l-arbeʿאל-ארבעDarija: (nhār) l-arbeʿ.
In a phrase
نَلْتَقِي يَوْم الْأَرْبِعَاء
naltaqī yawm al-arbiʿāʾנלתקי יום אל-ארבעאאwe meet on Wednesday