How to say "kilogram" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningkilogram
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كِيلُوغْرَام
kīlūghrāmכילוע'ראם
كيلوغرام
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קילוגרם
kilogramكِيلُوگْرَام
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Another shared scientific loan, but note the letter choice: real-world Hebrew spells it with ק (qilogram), Arabic with ك — both languages reaching for the closest 'k' letter to the same imported kilo-.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
كِيلُو
kīloכילוThe everyday spoken form for both kilograms and kilometers — context tells you which.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
كِيلُو
kīloכילוCairo, too, says kīlo.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
كِيلُو
kīloכילוDarija: kīlo.
In a phrase
كِيلُوغْرَام تُفَّاح
kīlūghrām tuffāḥכילוע'ראם תפאחa kilogram of apples