How to say "stage, phase (of education)" in Arabic

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Meaningstage, phase (of education)

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

مَرْحَلَة

marḥalaמרחלה

مرحلة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

שלב

shalavشَالَاڤ

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Arabic root

ر-ح-ل

No Hebrew relative: marḥala, 'stage, phase', comes from raḥala, 'to depart, journey on' (riḥla is 'a trip') — literally a leg of the journey. Hebrew describes the same idea with a different metaphor, שלב, 'a rung of a ladder' — two images, same idea of moving step by step.

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مَرْحَلَة جَدِيدَة
marḥala jadīdaמרחלה ג'דידה

a new stage/phase

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