How to say "to buy" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto buy
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
اِشْتَرَى
ishtarāאשתרא
اشترى
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קנה
kanaكَانَا
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ش-ر-يLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
شْرَى
shraשראDarija's buy is the simple form shra.
In a phrase
اِشْتَرَى كِتَابًا جَدِيدًا
ishtarā kitāban jadīdanאשתרא כתאבן ג'דידןHe bought a new book