How to say "son" in Arabic
CognateMeaningson
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
اِبْن
ibnאבן
ابن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בן
benبِن
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ب-ن-وHebrew root
ב-נIbn is Hebrew ben (בן) with a helper vowel in front — the same ben/bin behind Ben-Gurion and Ibn Sina alike.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
ولْد
weldולדDarija's 'son' (and 'boy') is weld: weldi — 'my son'.
In a phrase
هَذَا ابْنِي
hādhā ibnīהאד'א אבניThis is my son.
Plural
أَبْنَاء
abnāʾאבנאאbroken plural aCCāʾ — like ابن→أبناء; compare Hebrew banim.