How to say "church" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningchurch
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كَنِيسَة
kanīsaכניסה
كنيسة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כנסייה
knesiyaكْنِسِيَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew root
כ-נ-סSame Aramaic-borrowed word family as kanīs, and the same gather-root as Hebrew כנסת. Careful with your ears: kanīsa sounds exactly like Hebrew כניסה 'entrance' — which happens to come from the very same root.
Related Hebrew word:כניסהknisaكْنِيسَا
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In a phrase
كَنِيسَة صَغِيرَة
kanīsa ṣaghīraכניסה צע'ירהa small church