How to say "memory (computer)" in Arabic
CognateMeaningmemory (computer)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
dhākiraד'אכרה
ذاكرة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
zikaronزِيكَارُون
How the two words are related
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ذ-ك-رHebrew root
ז-כ-רThe same remembering root already met in this app's تذكرة (ticket) and تذكار (souvenir): dhākira, 'memory' (also the human faculty of memory), is from dhakara, 'to remember' — Hebrew זכר letter for letter (ذ↔ז). A computer's ذاكرة and a person's memory are, structurally, the exact same word in both languages.
Related Hebrew word:זכרzakharزَاخَار
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In a phrase
This computer has a lot of memory.
Plural
sound feminine plural -āt (for multiple memory units or types).
The root family
ذ-ك-رז-כ-ר· remembering
Memory with the regular ז↔ذ swap: dhakara is זכר. Both languages also use this root for "male" — זכר and dhakar — an ancient shared polysemy. Arabic turned a reminder into the everyday tadhkira, a ticket, while Hebrew built מזכרת (souvenir) and תזכורת (reminder) from the very same instinct.
- ذَكَرَ dhakarahe mentioned, rememberedזָכַרhe remembered
- ذِكْر dhikrremembrance; Sufi devotional chantזֵכֶרmemory (of)
- تَذْكِرَة tadhkiraticket — literally "a reminder"תִּזְכֹּרֶתreminder
- ذِكْرَى dhikrāmemory, anniversaryזִכָּרוֹןmemory, memorial
- ذَكَر dhakarmaleזָכָרmale — the same double meaning
- مُذَكِّرَة mudhakkiranotebook; memorandumמַזְכֶּרֶתsouvenir