How to say "Gaza" in Arabic
CognateMeaningGaza
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غَزَّة
ghazzaע'זה
غزة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עזה
azaأَزَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
غ regularly corresponds to Hebrew ע (compare غراب/עורב 'raven', غرب/ערב 'west, evening') — Ghazza and עזה are the same ancient city name, one of the five Philistine cities already named in the Bible (Joshua, Judges), continuously inhabited under both names for three thousand years.
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In a phrase
غَزَّة مَدِينَة قَدِيمَة
ghazza madīna qadīmaע'זה מדינה קדימהGaza is an ancient city