How to say "artist" in Arabic

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Meaningartist

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

فَنَّان

fannānפנאן

فنان

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

אמן

omanأُومَان

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ف-ن-ن

No Hebrew kin for fann 'art' — but the shape is the CaCCāC professions pattern again, Hebrew's qattāl; compare אמן 'artist', which wears the same doubled-middle look.

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In a phrase

هِيَ فَنَّانَة مِن حَيْفَا

hiya fannāna min ḥayfāהיא פנאנה מן חיפא

She is an artist from Haifa.

Plural

فَنَّانُون

fannānūnפנאנון

sound masculine plural -ūn

Feminine

فَنَّانَة

fannānaפנאנה