How to say "meter" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningmeter
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِتْر
mitrמתר
متر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מטר
meterمِتِر
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
A shared European import, borrowed through slightly different channels: Hebrew meter is spelled מֶטֶר (with ט, the usual Hebrew letter for foreign t-sounds), while Arabic mitr keeps its native ت — same French mètre, two different Semitic spellings.
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In a phrase
مِتْر وَاحِد
mitr wāḥidמתר ואחדone meter
Plural
أَمْتَار
amtārאמתארbroken plural aCCāC