How to say "appointed time, deadline, appointment" in Arabic
CognateMeaningappointed time, deadline, appointment
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَوْعِد
mawʿidמועד
موعد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מועד
mo'edمُوئِد
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
و-ع-دHebrew root
י-ע-דAbout as gold as cognates get: mawʿid is built from waʿada, 'to promise', exactly the way Hebrew מועד is built from יעד, 'to appoint, designate' — the regular initial י↔و shift. Same root, same noun pattern, same meaning: an appointed time.
Related Hebrew word:מועדmo'edمُوئِد
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مَعَاد
maʿādמעאדCairo's appointment is a maʿād.
In a phrase
مَا الْمَوْعِد النِّهَائِيّ؟
mā l-mawʿid an-nihāʾī?מא אל-מועד א-נהאאי?what's the deadline?
Plural
مَوَاعِيد
mawāʿīdמואעידbroken plural CaCāCīC.