How to say "freedom" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfreedom
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حُرِّيَّة
ḥurriyyaחריה
حرية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חופש
khofeshخُوفِش
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ح-ر-رHebrew root
ח-ר-רThe root ח-ר-ר matches ح-ر-ر letter for letter: Hebrew חרות is "freedom," Arabic حرية is "freedom" — twins. Modern Hebrew's everyday word is חופש (a different root), but חרות is very much alive: it's the word Israel's own Declaration of Independence reaches for.
Related Hebrew word:חרותkherutخِرُوت
Learn it
In a phrase
أُحِبُّ الْحُرِّيَّة
uḥibbu al-ḥurriyyaאחב אל-חריהI love freedom.