How to say "jewelry" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningjewelry
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
mujawharātמג'והראת
مجوهرات
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
takhshitimتَاخْشِيتِيم
How the two words are related
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ج-و-ه-رThe root goes back to Persian gōhar, 'essence, gem', borrowed into Arabic centuries ago as جوهر (jawhar, 'essence, jewel') — and Israeli Hebrew slang later borrowed the Arabic word right back as ג'והרה, used half-jokingly for a real gem of a person or thing ('איזו ג'והרה'). A jewelry shop's mujawharāt and a Tel Aviv compliment share the same Persian ancestor.
Related Hebrew word:ג'והרהjoharaجُوهَارَا
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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
Hard g in Cairo: mugawharāt.
In a phrase
a jewelry shop