How to say "journalist" in Arabic
New wordMeaningjournalist
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صَحَفِيّ
ṣaḥafiyyצחפי
صحفي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עיתונאי
itonayإِيتُونَاي
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
ص-ح-فNo Hebrew relative, but the build is familiar: ṣaḥīfa 'sheet, newspaper' plus the -iyy belonging-suffix, exactly like Hebrew ־ִי in ישראלי — a 'newspaper-person'.
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In a phrase
صَحَفِيّ مَشْهُور
ṣaḥafiyy mashhūrצחפי משהורa famous journalist
Plural
صَحَفِيُّون
ṣaḥafiyyūnצחפיוןSound masculine plural -ūn.