How to say "research" in Arabic
New wordMeaningresearch
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَحْث
baḥthבחת'
بحث
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מחקר
mekhkarمِخْكَار
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ب-ح-ثNo Hebrew relative for ب-ح-ث — baḥatha is 'to search, investigate', and a bāḥith is a researcher. Hebrew's own מחקר comes from ח-ק-ר, 'to probe, examine' (compare חקירה, 'investigation') — different root, same instinct to dig for answers.
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In a phrase
بَحْث عِلْمِيّ
baḥth ʿilmīבחת' עלמיacademic/scientific research
Plural
أَبْحَاث
abḥāthאבחאת'broken plural afʿāl-shape.