How to say "trust, confidence" in Arabic

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Meaningtrust, confidence

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

ثِقَة

thiqaת'קה

ثقة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

אמון

emunإِمُون

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

و-ث-ق

How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.

Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria

ثِقَة

thiʾaת'אה

The qāf becomes a glottal stop in urban Levantine, even mid-word.

Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

ثِقَة

siʾaסאה

Cairo: ث as s and the qāf as a glottal stop — siʾa.

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

تِيقَة

tīqaתיקה

Darija's trust is tīqa: ma fīh tīqa — he cannot be trusted.

عِنْدِي ثِقَة بِكَ

ʿindī thiqa bikענדי ת'קה בך

I have trust in you.