How to say "nationality" in Arabic
New wordMeaningnationality
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جِنْسِيَّة
jinsiyyaג'נסיה
جنسية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
לאום
le'omلِئُوم
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ج-ن-سLearn it
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
جِنْسِيَّة
ginsiyyaגנסיהHard g in Cairo: ginsiyya.
In a phrase
مَا جِنْسِيَّتُكَ؟
mā jinsiyyatuka?מא ג'נסיתך?what is your nationality?
Plural
جِنْسِيَّات
jinsiyyātג'נסיאתsound feminine plural -āt