How to say "mosque" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningmosque
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
masjidמסג'ד
مسجد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
misgadمِسْگَاد
How the two words are related
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
س-ج-دHebrew root
ס-ג-דModern Hebrew מסגד is borrowed straight from Arabic, but the root is anciently shared: biblical Hebrew סגד means 'to bow down in worship' — exactly what sajada means in Arabic.
Related Hebrew word:סגדsagadسَاگَاد
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Everyday Levantine usually says jāmiʿ; masjid sounds more formal.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
Cairo, too, says gāmiʿ — with the hard g.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
Darija: jāmeʿ.
In a phrase
the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Plural
broken plural maCāCiC — like مَطْعَم→مَطَاعِم