How to say "young people, guys (Arabic) → the youngsters (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningyoung people, guys (Arabic) → the youngsters (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
شَبَاب
shabābשבאב
شباب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שבאב
shababشَابَاب
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ش-ب-بThe collective plural of شابّ, 'young man' — already familiar from this app's own يَلَّا يَا شَبَاب. Israeli slang borrowed it standalone for a group of young guys, sometimes neutrally and sometimes with the edge the media gives it.
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In a phrase
الشَّبَاب فِي الشَّارِع
ash-shabāb fī sh-shāriʿא-שבאב פי א-שארעthe young guys in the street
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