How to say "billion" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningbillion
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِلْيَار
milyārמליאר
مليار
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מיליארד
milyardمِلْيَارْد
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Like 'million', there's no Semitic root to chase here — Arabic milyār and Hebrew miliyard both borrowed French milliard, each dropping a different piece of it along the way.
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In a phrase
مِلْيَار دُولَار
milyār dūlārמליאר דולארa billion dollars
Plural
مِلْيَارَات
milyārātמליאראתsound feminine plural -āt — the pattern loanword numerals like this one and مليون normally take.