How to say "because of" in Arabic
New wordMeaningbecause of
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بِسَبَبِ
bisababiבסבב
بسبب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בגלל
biglalبِگْلَال
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
س-ب-بNo Hebrew relative for the phrase itself — בגלל rolls in from its own root ג-ל-ל, 'to roll'. But the noun tucked inside, سَبَب ('cause, reason'), tempts a comparison with Hebrew סיבה ('reason, cause'); most dictionaries actually trace סיבה to native ס-ב-ב, 'to turn, go around', so file the resemblance as a tantalizing echo, not a proven cousin.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
عَشَان
ʿashānעשאןCairo's because of — and for the sake of — is ʿashān.
In a phrase
تَأَخَّرْت بِسَبَبِ الزِّحَام
taʾakhkhart bisababi az-ziḥāmתאח'רת בסבב א-זחאםI was late because of the traffic.