How to say "twice, two times" in Arabic

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Meaningtwice, two times

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

مَرَّتَيْن

marrataynמרתין

مرتين

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

פעמיים

pa'amayimپَاءَامَايِم

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Arabic root

م-ر-ر

No shared root here — Hebrew פעמיים comes from פעם, entirely unrelated to Arabic م-ر-ر — but the strategy is identical: both languages reach for the dual rather than a separate word for 'twice', Arabic ـَيْن and Hebrew ־ַיִם being parallel Semitic dual endings.

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In a phrase

مَرَّتَيْن فِي اليَوْم
marratayn fī al-yawmמרתין פי אל-יום

twice a day

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