How to say "Thursday" in Arabic
CognateMeaningThursday
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
الْخَمِيس
al-khamīsאל-ח'מיס
الخميس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יום חמישי
yom khamishiيُوم خَامِيشِي
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
خ-م-سHebrew root
ח-מ-שDay five: khamīs is built on khams = Hebrew חמש (five) — the ח↔خ correspondence, where Hebrew ח hides an original kh sound.
Related Hebrew word:חמשkhameshخَامِش
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
الْخْمِيس
l-khmīsאל-ח'מיסDarija: (nhār) l-khmīs.
In a phrase
مِن الْخَمِيس إِلَى السَّبْت
min al-khamīs ilā s-sabtמן אל-ח'מיס אלא א-סבתfrom Thursday to Saturday