How to say "email" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningemail
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
barīd iliktirūnīבריד אלכתרוני
بريد إلكتروني
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
imeilإِيمِيل
How the two words are related
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
barīd — the caliphs' medieval postal service, usually traced to Latin veredus, 'post-horse' — plus iliktirūnī, the same Greek electron behind Hebrew אלקטרוני. Both languages built 'electronic mail' the same way: بريد إلكتروني ↔ דואר אלקטרוני.
Related Hebrew word:דואר אלקטרוניdo'ar elektroniدُوءَار إِلِكْتْرُونِي
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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
What everyone actually says.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
The same loan, said the French way.
In a phrase
Send me an email.