How to say "guitar" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningguitar
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جِيتَار
jītārג'יתאר
جيتار
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
גיטרה
gitaraگِيتَارَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Both Arabic jītār and Hebrew גיטרה trace to the same source, Spanish guitarra (itself ultimately from Greek kithara) — parallel modern borrowings, not a Semitic root at all.
Related Hebrew word:גיטרהgitaraگِيتَارَا
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In a phrase
عَزَفَ عَلَى الْجِيتَار
ʿazafa ʿalā l-jītārעזף עלא אל-ג'יתארHe played the guitar.