How to say "synagogue" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningsynagogue
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كَنِيس
kanīsכניס
كنيس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בית כנסת
beit knesetبِيت كْنِسِت
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew root
כ-נ-סArabic kanīs arrived via Aramaic knishta, from the same gather-root as Hebrew כ-נ-ס — so כנסת, בית כנסת, and kanīs are all 'gathering' words. A synagogue is a house of assembly in both languages.
Related Hebrew word:כנסתknesetكْنِسِت
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In a phrase
كَنِيس قَدِيم
kanīs qadīmכניס קדיםan old synagogue