How to say "widower" in Arabic
CognateMeaningwidower
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَرْمَل
armalארמל
أرمل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אַלְמָן
almanأَلْمَان
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-م-لThe masculine of armala — same story as its feminine counterpart: Klein connects it to Hebrew alman (אלמן) via Aramaic armalta, though the match requires assuming an old dissimilation of the two liquids rather than a clean regular correspondence.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
هجَّال
hejjālהג'אלA different word: hejjāl is the Darija widower.
In a phrase
أَصْبَحَ أَرْمَل
aṣbaḥa armalאצבח ארמלHe became a widower.