How to say "quarter" in Arabic
CognateMeaningquarter
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رُبْع
rubʿרבע
ربع
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
רבע
revaرِڤَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ب-عHebrew root
ר-ב-ערבע ↔ rubʿ: both are carved straight out of the root for 'four' (ר-ב-ע / ر-ب-ع) — same logic, same letters, same meaning.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
رْبع
rbeʿרבעIn a phrase
بَعْدَ رُبْع سَاعَة
baʿda rubʿ sāʿaבעד רבע סאעהin a quarter of an hour
Plural
أَرْبَاع
arbāʿארבאעbroken plural aCCāC — like وَلَد→أَوْلَاد; three quarters is ثَلَاثَة أَرْبَاع.