How to say "complete, perfect (Arabic) → exactly!, spot on! (Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningcomplete, perfect (Arabic) → exactly!, spot on! (Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَمَام
tamāmתמאם
تمام
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תמאם
tamamتَامَام
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ت-م-مHebrew root
ת-מ-םSame root as Hebrew תם and תמים — both languages built a word for completeness and integrity from ת-מ-ם, just aimed slightly differently: Hebrew toward wholesome innocence, Arabic toward simple perfection. Israeli slang borrowed تمام as a crisp 'exactly, that's it, OK.'
Related Hebrew word:תםtamتَام
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In a phrase
تَمَام، شُكْرًا
tamām, shukranתמאם, שכרןperfect, thanks
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