How to say "security" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningsecurity
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَمْن
amnאמן
أمن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ביטחון
bitakhonبِيتَاخُون
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
أ-م-نHebrew root
א-מ-ןRoot ʾ-m-n 'firm, trustworthy' is Hebrew א-מ-ן — of אמן, אמון and אמונה. Arabic steered it toward safety: amn is security, amān safe-conduct, and īmān faith, the counterpart of אמונה.
Related Hebrew word:אמוןemunإِمُون
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In a phrase
مَجْلِس الْأَمْن
majlis al-amnמג'לס אל-אמןthe Security Council