How to say "nineteen" in Arabic
CognateMeaningnineteen
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
tisʿata ʿasharתסעה עשר
تسعة عشر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תשעה עשר
tisha asarتِيشَا أَسَار
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-עThe tightest match on the number line, 'nine', now carrying the teen pattern too: תשעה עשר and tisʿata ʿashar line up taw, sibilant, ʿayin, all the way through.
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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
تِسَعْتَعَش
tisaʿtaʿashתסעתעשRuns together in speech: tisaʿtaʿash.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
تِسَعْتَاشَر
tisaʿtāsharתסעתאשרMoroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
تْسعْطَاش
tseʿṭāshתסעטאשIn a phrase
تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْم
tisʿata ʿashar yawmתסעה עשר יוםnineteen days