How to say "grandfather" in Arabic
New wordMeaninggrandfather
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَدّ
jaddג'ד
جد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סבא
sabaسَابَا
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ج-د-دLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
سِيدُو
sīdoסידוPalestinian grandpas are sīdo (from sayyid, 'master').
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
جِدُّو
gidduגדוCairo grandpas are giddu, with the hard g.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
جدِّي
jeddiג'דיDarija: jeddi — 'my grandfather' — is how grandpa is addressed.
In a phrase
جَدِّي رَجُل طَيِّب
jaddī rajul ṭayyibג'די רג'ל טיבMy grandfather is a kind man.
Plural
أَجْدَاد
ajdādאג'דאדbroken plural aCCāC — like جد→أجداد; also the word for 'ancestors'.