How to say "custom, habit" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningcustom, habit
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَادَة
ʿādaעאדה
عادة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מנהג
minhagمِنْهَاگ
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ع-و-دHebrew root
ע-ו-דArabic ع-و-د means "to return, come back" — عاد إلى is "to go back to," and a عادة is simply what you return to, again and again. Hebrew's matching root ע-ו-ד keeps the same "again" sense in a humbler word: עוֹד, "still, more, once more." Same road, different destinations — repetition.
Related Hebrew word:עודodأُود
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In a phrase
حَسَب الْعَادَة
ḥasab al-ʿādaחסב אל-עאדהas usual, according to custom
Plural
عَادَات
ʿādātעאדאתsound feminine plural -āt — like Hebrew ־ות