How to say "app, application" in Arabic
New wordMeaningapp, application
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَطْبِيق
taṭbīqתטביק
تطبيق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אפליקציה
aplikatsyaأَپْلِيكَاتْسْيَا
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ط-ب-قNo confident Hebrew relative — taṭbīq, 'application, applying', is a maṣdar (verbal noun) from ط-ب-ق 'to lay one thing flat over another, to fit, to apply'; ṭabaq is also 'a plate' or 'a layer' (as in the seven layered heavens, aṭ-ṭibāq). Hebrew's own אפליקציה is a straight English loan instead.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
تَطْبِيق
taṭbīʾתטביאCairo turns the qāf into a glottal stop: taṭbīʾ.
In a phrase
حَمَّلْتُ تَطْبِيق جَدِيد
ḥammaltu taṭbīq jadīdחמלת תטביק ג'דידI downloaded a new app.
Plural
تَطْبِيقَات
taṭbīqātתטביקאתsound feminine plural -āt.