How to say "insurance" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaninginsurance
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَأْمِين
taʾmīnתאמין
تأمين
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ביטוח
bituakhبِيتُوَاخ
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
أ-م-نHebrew root
א-מ-ןSame root as أمن, 'security': Hebrew narrowed א-מ-ן to faith and trust (אמון, אמונה), Arabic broadened it to safety — and in this Form II noun, to the safety net you buy. تأمين is literally 'making secure'.
Related Hebrew word:אמונהemunaإِمُونَا
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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
أَسُورَانْس
asūrānsאסוראנסFrom French assurance: l-asūrāns.
In a phrase
تَأْمِين السَّفَر
taʾmīn as-safarתאמין א-ספרtravel insurance