How to say "Friday" in Arabic
New wordMeaningFriday
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
الْجُمُعَة
al-jumuʿaאל-ג'מעה
الجمعة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יום שישי
yom shishiيُوم شِيشِي
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
الْجُمْعَة
ig-gumʿaא-גמעהCairo: (yōm) ig-gumʿa — the article assimilates to the hard g.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
الجّمْعَة
j-jemʿaא-ג'מעהDarija: (nhār) j-jemʿa — the article assimilates to j.
In a phrase
صَلَاة الْجُمُعَة
ṣalāt al-jumuʿaצלאת אל-ג'מעהthe Friday prayer