How to say "jealous" in Arabic
New wordMeaningjealous
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غَيُور
ghayūrע'יור
غيور
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קנאי
kanayكَانَاي
How the two words are related
New word
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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
غَيْرَان
ghayrānע'יראןCairo uses the -ān shape: ghayrān.
In a phrase
زَوْج غَيُور
zawj ghayūrזוג' ע'יורa jealous husband
Feminine
غَيُورَة
ghayūraע'יורה