How to say "wifi" in Arabic

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Meaningwifi

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

وَاي فَاي

wāy fāyואי פאי

واي فاي

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

וויי-פיי

way-fayوَاي-فَاي

How the two words are related

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Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).

A trademark, not a translation: both languages simply transliterate the brand name Wi-Fi as-is — wāy fāy and וויי-פיי are the same sounds in two alphabets, with no Semitic root anywhere in sight.

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In a phrase

شَبَكَة الْوَاي فَاي بَطِيئَة
shabakat al-wāy fāy baṭīʾaשבכת אל-ואי פאי בטיאה

The wifi network is slow.

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