How to say "camera" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningcamera
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كَامِيرَا
kāmīrāכאמירא
كاميرا
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מצלמה
matslemaمَاتْسْلِمَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
A shared European loanword, not a Semitic root: Arabic kāmīrā and colloquial Hebrew קאמרה both transliterate 'camera' straight from English; formal Hebrew instead built מצלמה natively from צ-ל-ם, 'image'.
Related Hebrew word:קאמרהkameraكَامِرَا
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In a phrase
الْتَقَطْتُ صُورَة بِالْكَامِيرَا
iltaqaṭtu ṣūra bi-l-kāmīrāאלתקטת צורה בל-כאמיראI took a picture with the camera.
Plural
كَامِيرَات
kāmīrātכאמיראתsound feminine plural -āt.