How to say "paternal aunt" in Arabic

Shifted meaning

Meaningpaternal aunt

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

عَمَّة

ʿammaעמה

عمة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

דודה (מצד האב)

doda (mitsad ha'av)دُودَا (مِتْسَاد هَاءَاڤ)

How the two words are related

Shifted meaning

Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.

Arabic root

ع-م-م

Hebrew root

ע-מ-מ

The feminine of ʿamm — the same clan-root behind Hebrew עם ('people'), so the paternal aunt is literally the 'kinswoman'.

Related Hebrew word:עםamأَم

عَمَّتِي تُحِبُّنِي

ʿammatī tuḥibbunīעמתי תחבני

My aunt loves me.