How to say "music" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningmusic
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُوسِيقَى
mūsīqāמוסיקא
موسيقى
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מוזיקה
muzikaمُوزِيكَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Both words trace back to the same Greek mousikē, "the art of the Muses" — Arabic picked it up through the classical translation movement, Hebrew through modern European contact. Different roads, same Muses.
Related Hebrew word:מוזיקהmuzikaمُوزِيكَا
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In a phrase
مُوسِيقَى عَرَبِيَّة
mūsīqā ʿarabiyyaמוסיקא ערביהArabic music