How to say "seventeen" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningseventeen

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ

sabʿata ʿasharסבעה עשר

سبعة عشر

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

שבעה עשר

shiva asarشِيڤَا أَسَار

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

س-ب-ع

Hebrew root

ש-ב-ע

שבעה עשר and sabʿata ʿashar match consonant for consonant, the same שבע/sabʿ pair from 'seven' riding the teen construction.

How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.

Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

سَبَعْتَعَش

sabaʿtaʿashסבעתעש

One fused word in casual speech: sabaʿtaʿash.

Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

سَبَعْتَاشَر

sabaʿtāsharסבעתאשר

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

سْبعْطَاش

sbeʿṭāshסבעטאש

سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ كِتَاب

sabʿata ʿashar kitābסבעה עשר כתאב

seventeen books