How to say "memory, anniversary" in Arabic
CognateMeaningmemory, anniversary
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
dhikrāד'כרא
ذكرى
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
yom hashanaيُوم هَاشَانَا
How the two words are related
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ذ-ك-رHebrew root
ז-כ-רSame root as Hebrew זכר, 'to remember' — regular ذ↔ז. Arabic dhikrā, 'a remembrance', is used exactly the way English 'anniversary' is: dhikrā az-zawāj, 'wedding anniversary', is literally 'the remembrance of the marriage'.
Related Hebrew word:זכרzakharزَاخَار
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In a phrase
wedding anniversary
Plural
sound feminine plural, ى → ي before -āt.
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