How to say "microphone" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningmicrophone
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِيكْرُوفُون
mīkrūfūnמיכרופון
ميكروفون
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מיקרופון
mikrofonمِكْرُوفُون
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
The same Greek-built word (mikros 'small' + phōnē 'sound') borrowed whole into both: Arabic mīkrūfūn and Hebrew מיקרופון are near-identical transliterations, just like تلفزيون/טלוויזיה already in this app.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مَايْك
māykמאיךCairo clips it to māyk.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مِيكْرُو
mīkroמיכרוDarija clips the French micro: mīkro.
In a phrase
تَكَلَّمَ فِي الْمِيكْرُوفُون
takallama fī l-mīkrūfūnתכלם פי אל-מיכרופוןHe spoke into the microphone.
Plural
مِيكْرُوفُونَات
mīkrūfūnātמיכרופונאתloanword plural in -āt.