How to say "jealousy, zeal" in Arabic
New wordMeaningjealousy, zeal
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غَيْرَة
ghayraע'ירה
غيرة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קנאה
kinaكِينَا
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
غِيرَة
ghīraע'ירהCairo says ghīra.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
غِيرَة
ghīraע'ירהDarija too: ghīra.
In a phrase
غَيْرَة زَائِدَة
ghayra zāʾidaע'ירה זאאדהexcessive jealousy