How to say "hour; clock, watch" in Arabic

Loanword

Meaninghour; clock, watch

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

سَاعَة

sāʿaסאעה

ساعة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

שעה

sha'aشَاءَا

How the two words are related

Loanword

Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).

Arabic root

س-و-ع

Hebrew root

ש-ע-ה

Hebrew שעה came in from Aramaic שעתא — the very same Semitic word as sāʿa. Bonus: in Arabic, sāʿa also means 'clock' or 'watch'.

كَم السَّاعَة؟

kam as-sāʿa?כם א-סאעה?

what time is it?

سَاعَات

sāʿātסאעאת

sound feminine plural -āt — the mirror of Hebrew ־ות: sāʿāt ↔ שעות.