How to say "fourteen" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfourteen
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ
arbaʿata ʿasharארבעה עשר
أربعة عشر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ארבעה עשר
arba'a asarأَرْبَاءَا أَسَار
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ب-عHebrew root
א-ר-ב-עarbaʿata ʿashar is ארבעה עשר with an Arabic accent, consonant for consonant — the same exact match seen under 'four' now just riding the teen pattern.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
اَرْبَعْتَعَش
arbaʿtaʿashארבעתעשThe two words fuse into one breath: arbaʿtaʿash.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
أَرْبَعْتَاشَر
arbaʿtāsharארבעתאשרMoroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
رْبعْطَاش
rbeʿṭāshרבעטאשIn a phrase
أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْم
arbaʿata ʿashar yawmארבעה עשר יוםfourteen days