How to say "fifteen" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningfifteen

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ

khamsata ʿasharח'מסה עשר

خمسة عشر

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

חמישה עשר

khamisha asarخَامِيشَا أَسَار

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

خ-م-س

Hebrew root

ח-מ-ש

Built on the same חמש/khams pair as 'five', with ח doing double duty for خ as always, plus the shared teen construction.

How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.

Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

خَمَسْتَعَش

khamastaʿashח'מסתעש

Everyday spoken form: khamastaʿash, no pause between the two parts.

Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

خَمَسْتَاشَر

khamastāsharח'מסתאשר

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

خمْسْطَاش

khemsṭāshח'מסטאש

خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ دَقِيقَة

khamsa ʿashrata daqīqaח'מס עשרה דקיקה

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