How to say "refugee" in Arabic
New wordMeaningrefugee
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
لَاجِئ
lājiʾלאג'א
لاجئ
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פליט
palitپَالِيت
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ل-ج-أLearn it
In a phrase
مُخَيَّم اللَّاجِئِين
mukhayyam al-lājiʾīnמח'ים א-לאג'איןa refugee camp
Plural
لَاجِئُون
lājiʾūnלאג'אוןSound masculine plural -ūn (genitive/accusative لاجئين, as in the example above).