How to say "glass (material)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningglass (material)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
زُجَاج
zujājזג'אג'
زجاج
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
זכוכית
zkhukhitزْخُوخِيت
How the two words are related
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No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
ز-ج-جNo solid link to the word itself — זכוכית comes from a root meaning 'pure, clear' (זך/זכך). Hebrew's word for a glazier, זגג, happens to line up letter for letter with this Arabic root (ז-ג-ג↔ز-ج-ج), but mainstream Hebrew etymology traces זגג back to that same 'clear' root instead — a tempting coincidence, not an established cognate.
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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
إِزَاز
izāzאזאזCairo's word for glass is izāz.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
زَاج
zājזאג'Darija clips it to zāj.
In a phrase
كَأْس مِن الزُّجَاج
kaʾs min az-zujājכאס מן א-זג'אג'a glass cup