How to say "elections" in Arabic
New wordMeaningelections
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
اِنْتِخَابَات
intikhābātאנתח'אבאת
انتخابات
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בחירות
bekhirotبِخِيرُوت
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
ن-خ-بNo root connection to בחירות — but the grammar rhymes: like Hebrew, Arabic speaks of elections in the plural, intikhābāt, from intakhaba 'to pick out'.
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In a phrase
فَازَ فِي الِانْتِخَابَات
fāza fī al-intikhābātפאז פי אל-אנתח'אבאתHe won the elections.