How to say "health" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaninghealth
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صِحَّة
ṣiḥḥaצחה
صحة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בריאות
briutبْرِيُوت
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ص-ح-حYou already use this word: Israeli slang סחתיין comes straight from Levantine ṣaḥḥtēn — literally 'two healths!' — said after a good meal or a fresh haircut.
Related Hebrew word:סחתייןsakhteinسَخْتِين
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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
صحَّة
ṣeḥḥaצחהDarija: ṣeḥḥa — and b-ṣeḥḥa! is 'enjoy it / bon appétit'.
In a phrase
الصِّحَّة أَهَمّ شَيْء
aṣ-ṣiḥḥa ahamm shayʾא-צחה אהם שיאHealth is the most important thing.