How to say "five" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfive
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خَمْسَة
khamsaח'מסה
خمسة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חמישה
khamishaخَامِيشَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
خ-م-سHebrew root
ח-מ-שHebrew ח does double duty for Arabic ح and خ; here חמש answers khams. The same word gives the khamsa (חמסה), the five-fingered hand amulet Hebrew borrowed straight back from Arabic.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
خمْسَة
khemsaח'מסהDarija: khemsa.
In a phrase
خَمْسَة بُيُوت
khamsat buyūtח'מסת ביותfive houses