How to say "full" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfull
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَلْآن
malʾānמלאאן
ملآن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מלא
maleمَالِي
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
م-ل-أHebrew root
מ-ל-אThe root m-l-ʾ is Hebrew מ-ל-א exactly — malʾān is essentially Hebrew male (מלא) wearing an Arabic -ān adjective ending.
Learn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
مَلْيَان
malyānמליאןSpoken Levantine says malyān.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مَلْيَان
malyānמליאןMoroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
عَامر
ʿāmerעאמרA different word: ʿāmer, from the root of 'inhabited, flourishing'.
In a phrase
الْمَطْعَم مَلْآن
al-maṭʿam malʾānאל-מטעם מלאאןthe restaurant is full
Feminine
مَلْآنَة
malʾānaמלאאנה