How to say "right (side); an oath" in Arabic
CognateMeaningright (side); an oath
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
يَمِين
yamīnימין
يمين
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ימין
yaminيَامِين
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ي-م-نHebrew root
י-מ-ןLetter for letter Hebrew ימין, and the double meaning rides along too: like Hebrew יָמִין, Arabic yamīn is both 'the right side' and 'an oath' — the hand you traditionally swore on.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
يِمِين
yimīnימיןCairo says yimīn: ʿala l-yimīn, on the right.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
لِيمن
līmenלימןDarija: ʿla l-īmen, on the right.
In a phrase
عَلَى الْيَمِين
ʿalā al-yamīnעלא אל-ימיןon the right