How to say "early" in Arabic
CognateMeaningearly
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُبَكِّر
mubakkirמבכר
مبكر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מוקדם
mukdamمُوكْدَام
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ب-ك-رHebrew root
ב-כ-רSame root as Hebrew בכור, 'firstborn' — regular ب↔ב, ك↔כ, ر↔ר. The Semitic root b-k-r is about being first in a sequence: a firstborn child, first-ripening fruit (Arabic bākūra, 'the first fruits'), or simply being early.
Related Hebrew word:בכורbekhorبِخُور
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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
بَدْرِي
badrīבדריCairo's early is badrī.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
بكْرِي
bekrīבכריDarija: bekrī.
In a phrase
اِسْتَيْقَظْت مُبَكِّرًا
istayqaẓt mubakkiranאסתיקט'ת מבכרןI woke up early
Feminine
مُبَكِّرَة
mubakkiraמבכרה