How to say "gift" in Arabic
New wordMeaninggift
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
هَدِيَّة
hadiyyaהדיה
هدية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מתנה
matanaمَاتَانَا
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ه-د-يLearn it
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
هِدِيَّة
hidiyyaהדיהCairo says hidiyya.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
كَادُو
kādoכאדוFrom French cadeau: kādo.
In a phrase
أَعْطَانِي هَدِيَّة جَمِيلَة
aʿṭānī hadiyya jamīlaאעטאני הדיה ג'מילהHe gave me a beautiful gift.
Plural
هَدَايَا
hadāyāהדאיאirregular plural CaCāyā — like خَطِيئَة→خَطَايَا