How to say "Saturday" in Arabic
CognateMeaningSaturday
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
السَّبْت
as-sabtא-סבת
السبت
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שבת
shabatشَابَات
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
س-ب-تHebrew root
ש-ב-תThe Sabbath itself: as-sabt shares the root ש-ב-ת / س-ب-ت 'to rest, cease' — Arabic even has subāt, 'deep slumber' — though many scholars think the day name itself reached Arabic as a borrowing from Aramaic/Hebrew shabbat.
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In a phrase
السَّبْت يَوْم عُطْلَة
as-sabt yawm ʿuṭlaא-סבת יום עטלהSaturday is a day off