How to say "bracelet" in Arabic
New wordMeaningbracelet
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سِوَار
siwārסואר
سوار
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צמיד
tsamidتْسَامِيد
How the two words are related
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No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
س-و-رFrom س-و-ر 'to enclose, wall in' — the same root as سُور, 'city wall': a bracelet is a small wall around the wrist. No Hebrew relative — צמיד has its own root, צ-מ-ד 'to pair, attach', so the two just share a nice image, not an ancestor.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
غُوَيْشَة
ghuwayshaע'וישהThe everyday word for a thin bangle-style bracelet; siwār is more formal and generic.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
غُوَيْشَة
ghuwēshaע'וישהCairo's bracelet is ghuwēsha, the same word with the ay flattened to ē.
In a phrase
سِوَار فِضَّة
siwār fiḍḍaסואר פצ'הa silver bracelet
Plural
أَسَاوِر
asāwirאסאורbroken plural ʾaCāCiC