تَزايُد increase in Arabic
تَزايُد is how you say “increase” in Arabic.
Root ز ي د z-y-d. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of Form VI تزايد). tazāyud.
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Meaning of increase in Arabic
- gradual, ongoing increase; progressive growth Describes something rising step by step over time, the opposite of a gradual decrease.
- successive bidding up of a price Used of buyers outbidding one another until a price reaches its peak, as at a sale.
Example sentence
مِثَال تولد الطَّاعَة ونموها وتزايدها كَمثل نواة غرستها فَصَارَت شَجَرَة ثمَّ أثمرت فَأكلت ثَمَرهَا وغرست نَوَاهَا،
The example of the birth, growth, and increase of obedience is like a seed you plant, which becomes a tree, then it bears fruit, and you eat its fruit and plant its seeds,
وَتَزايُدِها and its increase
wa- = 'and'; tazayud means 'increasing'; the ending '-ha' adds 'its' — 'and its increase'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Built on Form VI (تزايد) of the root, so it carries a sense of gradualness or mutual escalation rather than a single flat increase — close to English 'escalation' or 'growing' as in a growing number.
Words from the same root
- زَادَ to increase, grow
- زِيَادَةٌ an increase, addition
- اِزْدَادَ to increase, grow further
- زَائِدٌ increasing; extra, surplus
- مَزَادٌ an auction
Common questions
- How do you say "increase" in Arabic?
- تزايد (tazāyud) — used especially for a gradual or ongoing increase.
- What's the difference between تزايد and زيادة?
- زيادة is the plain noun for 'an increase' from the base verb زاد; تزايد specifically describes an increase happening step by step, or one party outbidding another.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).