How to say "curtain" in Arabic
CognateMeaningcurtain
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سِتَارَة
sitāraסתארה
ستارة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
וילון
vilonڤِيلُون
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
س-ت-رHebrew root
ס-ת-רA sitāra is literally 'the concealer' — from س-ت-ر 'to cover, hide' — the very root behind Hebrew סתר 'hiding place' and הסתיר 'to hide'. Two languages, one instinct to draw a cloth across whatever should stay out of sight.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
رِيدُو
rīdoרידוFrom French rideau; the Darija curtain.
In a phrase
أَغْلَقَ السِّتَارَة
aghlaqa as-sitāraאע'לק א-סתארהHe closed the curtain.
Plural
سَتَائِر
satāʾirסתאארbroken plural CaCāʾiC — like رِسَالَة→رَسَائِل