How to say "grandmother" in Arabic
New wordMeaninggrandmother
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَدَّة
jaddaג'דה
جدة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סבתא
savtaسَاڤْتَا
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
تِيتَا
tētaתיתאPalestinian grandmas are tēta (also sittī, 'my lady').
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
تِيتَة
tētaתיתהCairo grandmas are tēta as well.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حنَّا
ḥennaחנאDarija grandmas are ḥenna (also jedda).
In a phrase
جَدَّتِي تَسْكُن مَعَنَا
jaddatī taskun maʿanāג'דתי תסכן מענאMy grandmother lives with us.