How to say "together" in Arabic
CognateMeaningtogether
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
maʿanמען
معا
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
yakhad, beyakhadيَاخَاد، بِيَاخَاد
How the two words are related
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
The adverbial form of the same word as مَعَ 'with' — see that entry for the ع/מ metathesis shared with Hebrew עִם. مَعًا simply turns 'with' into 'together': maʿan ilā al-abad, 'together forever'.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
The dialect's everyday 'together' is sawā — nimshi sawa, 'we'll go together' — traditionally set beside Hebrew שָׁוֶה, 'equal, same, worth' (root ש-ו-ה): 'together' and 'equal' branch from one old idea of things standing level.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
Cairo, too, says sawa.
In a phrase
We will go together.