How to say "Monday" in Arabic
CognateMeaningMonday
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
الِاثْنَيْن
al-ithnaynאל-את'נין
الاثنين
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יום שני
yom sheniيُوم شِنِي
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ث-ن-يHebrew root
ש-נ-יDay two: ithnayn is Hebrew שניים with the regular ث↔ש swap — exactly parallel to יום שני.
Related Hebrew word:שנייםshnayimشْنَايِم
Learn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
التَّنِين
it-tanēnא-תניןث becomes t in speech: (yōm) it-tanēn.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
الِاتْنِين
il-itnēnאל-אתניןCairo: (yōm) il-itnēn.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
التّنِين
t-tnīnא-תניןDarija: (nhār) t-tnīn.
In a phrase
غَدًا يَوْم الِاثْنَيْن
ghadan yawm al-ithnaynע'דן יום אל-את'ניןtomorrow is Monday