How to say "tax" in Arabic
New wordMeaningtax
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ضَرِيبَة
ḍarībaצ'ריבה
ضريبة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מס
masمَاس
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
ض-ر-بNo Hebrew relative, but a nice internal echo: the same root ض-ر-ب 'to hit' behind إضراب 'strike' above — a ḍarība is literally 'something struck, imposed on you', the same logic English uses in 'a levy'.
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In a phrase
دَفَعَ الضَّرِيبَة
dafaʿa aḍ-ḍarībaדפע א-צ'ריבהHe paid the tax.
Plural
ضَرَائِب
ḍarāʾibצ'ראאבBroken plural CaCāʾiC — like جريدة→جرائد.