How to say "capital (city)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningcapital (city)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَاصِمَة
ʿāṣimaעאצמה
عاصمة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בירה
biraبِيرَا
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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.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
عَاصْمِة
ʿāṣmeעאצמהThe unstressed middle vowel drops and final -a softens to -e in casual speech: ʿāṣme.
In a phrase
عَمَّان عَاصِمَة الْأُرْدُنّ
ʿammān ʿāṣimat al-urdunnעמאן עאצמת אל-אורדןAmman is the capital of Jordan
Plural
عَوَاصِم
ʿawāṣimעואצםbroken plural CawāCiC