How to say "nine" in Arabic
CognateMeaningnine
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تِسْعَة
tisʿaתסעה
تسعة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תשעה
tishaتِيشَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ت-س-عHebrew root
ת-ש-עתשע ↔ tisʿ: taw, sibilant, ʿayin line up one for one — one of the tightest matches on the whole number line.
Learn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
تسْعُود
tesʿūdתסעודDarija's nine is tesʿūd, with an extra -ūd tail.
In a phrase
البَاص رَقْم تِسْعَة
al-bāṣ raqm tisʿaאל-באץ רקם תסעהbus number nine