How to say "tourist" in Arabic
New wordMeaningtourist
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَائِح
sāʾiḥסאאח
سائح
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תייר
tayarتَايَار
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
س-ي-حLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
سَايِح
sāyiḥסאיחThe hamza becomes y in speech: sāyiḥ, plural suwwāḥ.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
طُورِيسْت
ṭūrīstטוריסתFrom French touriste: ṭūrīst.
In a phrase
سَائِح أَجْنَبِيّ
sāʾiḥ ajnabīסאאח אג'נביa foreign tourist
Plural
سُيَّاح
suyyāḥסייאחbroken plural CuCCāC