How to say "rabbi" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningrabbi
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَاخَام
ḥākhāmחאח'אם
حاخام
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
רב
ravرَاڤ
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic ḥākhām is Hebrew חכם, 'a wise man,' borrowed wholesale and narrowed specifically to 'rabbi' — the very word Israelis still use for a sage, said with an Arabic accent.
Related Hebrew word:חכםkhakhamخَاخَام
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In a phrase
الْحَاخَام الْأَكْبَر
al-ḥākhām al-akbarאל-חאח'אם אל-אכברthe Chief Rabbi
Plural
حَاخَامَات
ḥākhāmātחאח'אמאתsound plural