How to say "password" in Arabic
New wordMeaningpassword
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كَلِمَة السِّرّ
kalimat as-sirrכלמת א-סר
كلمة السر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סיסמה
sismaسِسْمَا
How the two words are related
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No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
س-ر-رNo Hebrew relative — kalimat as-sirr is literally 'the word of the secret'. Sirr, 'secret', also sits behind the given name Sirrī and the phrase fī sirrihi, 'deep down, secretly'.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
كِلْمِة السِّرّ
kilmit is-sirrכלמת א-סרCairo: kilmit is-sirr, with kilma in its construct shape.
In a phrase
نَسِيتُ كَلِمَة السِّرّ
nasītu kalimat as-sirrנסית כלמת א-סרI forgot the password.