How to say "diplomat" in Arabic

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Meaningdiplomat

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

دِبْلُومَاسِيّ

diblūmāsiyyדבלומאסי

دبلوماسي

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

דיפלומט

diplomatدِپْلُومَات

How the two words are related

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No Semitic root at all — an international loan in both languages. Hebrew took the noun as it is, דיפלומט; Arabic shaped it as an adjective with its own ending ـيّ, the same word family as دبلوماسية, 'diplomacy'.

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In a phrase

دِبْلُومَاسِيّ بَارِز
diblūmāsiyy bārizדבלומאסי בארז

a prominent diplomat

Plural

دِبْلُومَاسِيُّون
diblūmāsiyyūnדבלומאסיון

Sound masculine plural -ūn.

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