How to say "year" in Arabic
CognateMeaningyear
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَنَة
sanaסנה
سنة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שנה
shanaشَانَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
س-ن-وHebrew root
ש-נ-הHebrew שנה and Arabic sana are the same word — the regular ש↔س correspondence, exactly like שלום ↔ salām.
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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
عَام
ʿāmעאםDarija's everyday 'year' is ʿām: l-ʿām l-jāy — 'next year'.
In a phrase
سَنَة جَدِيدَة
sana jadīdaסנה ג'דידהa new year
Plural
سَنَوَات
sanawātסנואתsound feminine plural -āt — the root's hidden third letter و resurfaces: sanawāt.