How to say "artificial intelligence" in Arabic
New wordMeaningartificial intelligence
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ذَكَاء اِصْطِنَاعِيّ
dhakāʾ iṣṭināʿīד'כאא אצטנאעי
ذكاء اصطناعي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בינה מלאכותית
bina melakhutitبِينَا مِلَاخُوتِيت
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ذ-ك-وNo Hebrew relative claimed here — dhakāʾ, 'intelligence, sharpness', is the noun from the same root ذ-ك-و as ذكي 'smart' (already in this app, honestly marked 'none' too), and iṣṭināʿī, 'artificial', is from ص-ن-ع 'to manufacture'. Hebrew's בינה מלאכותית took a different metaphor entirely: בינה is 'understanding' (ב-י-ן) and מלאכותית 'artificial' is from מלאכה, 'craft, work'. Two cultures, two unrelated images for the same modern idea — one calls it 'sharp', the other 'understanding'.
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In a phrase
الذَّكَاء الِاصْطِنَاعِيّ يَتَطَوَّر بِسُرْعَة
adh-dhakāʾ al-iṣṭināʿī yataṭawwar bi-surʿaא-ד'כאא אל-אצטנאעי יתטור בסרעהArtificial intelligence is developing quickly.