How to say "television" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningtelevision
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
tilfāzתלפאז
تلفاز
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
televizyaتِلِڤِزْيَا
How the two words are related
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Television landed in both languages: Hebrew took טלוויזיה whole, while Arabic uses tilifizyōn and also minted tilfāz, squeezing the import into a native-looking word shape.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
The everyday word in speech and most writing; tilfāz is the bookish coinage.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
Same word in Cairo, usually with a v: tilivizyōn.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
Morocco says tilfaza (or tīlī, from French télé).
In a phrase
I watch television.
Plural
sound feminine plural -āt.