How to say "to return, come back" in Arabic
CognateMeaningto return, come back
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ʿādaעאד
عاد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
khazarخَازَار
How the two words are related
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ع-و-دHebrew root
ע-ו-דʿāda is built on the very root of Hebrew עוד ('again, still, more') — ع-و-د / ע-ו-ד match letter for letter. To return is to do something עוד פעם, one more time; ʿīd (a holiday — the thing that 'comes back' every year) rests on the same idea.
Related Hebrew word:עודodأُود
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Everyday Levantine 'to come back' is usually rajaʿ; ʿāda feels more literary.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
Cairo: rigiʿ, with a hard g; rigiʿt — 'I came back'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
Darija: rjeʿ.
In a phrase
He returned home in the evening