How to say "new" in Arabic
New wordMeaningnew
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَدِيد
jadīdג'דיד
جديد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חדש
khadashخَادَاش
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
جِدِيد
gidīdגדידHard g plus Cairo's kasra: gidīd.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
جْدِيد
jdīdג'דידIn a phrase
كِتَاب جَدِيد
kitāb jadīdכתאב ג'דידa new book
Plural
جُدُد
jududג'דדbroken plural CuCuC — like كتاب→كتب
Feminine
جَدِيدَة
jadīdaג'דידה