How to say "lentils" in Arabic
CognateMeaninglentils
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَدَس
ʿadasעדס
عدس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עדשים
adashimأَدَاشِيم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ع-د-سHebrew root
ע-ד-שSame root on both sides, ע-ד-ש / ع-د-س, through the regular ש↔س filter. Bonus: the singular עדשה also means 'lens' in Hebrew, and Arabic عدسة does the same double duty — both languages named the eyeglass lens after the lentil's shape, exactly like English lens, from Latin lens, 'lentil'.
Related Hebrew word:עדשהadashaأَدَاشَا
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In a phrase
عَدَس أَحْمَر
ʿadas aḥmarעדס אחמרred lentils