How to say "mirror" in Arabic
CognateMeaningmirror
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِرْآة
mirʾāhמראאה
مرآة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מראה
maraمَارَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-أ-يHebrew root
ר-א-הA near-perfect match: Arabic mirʾāh and Hebrew מַרְאָה are built the same way on the same root ر-أ-ي / ר-א-ה 'to see' — literally 'the instrument of seeing'. Rare to find a Hebrew-Arabic pair this exact, right down to the pattern.
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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
مِرَايَة
mirāyaמראיהThe everyday shape: mirāya.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مْرَايَة
mrāyaמראיהThe everyday shape: mrāya.
In a phrase
نَظَرَ فِي الْمِرْآة
naẓara fī l-mirʾāhנט'ר פי אל-מראאהHe looked in the mirror.
Plural
مَرَايَا
marāyāמראיאirregular weak-root plural — like مَعْنَى→مَعَانٍ family