How to say "stingy, miserly" in Arabic

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Meaningstingy, miserly

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

بَخِيل

bakhīlבח'יל

بخيل

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

קמצן

kamtsanكَامْتْسَان

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ب-خ-ل

رَجُل بَخِيل

rajul bakhīlרג'ל בח'יל

a stingy man

بُخَلَاء

bukhalāʾבח'לאא

broken plural CuCaCāʾ

بَخِيلَة

bakhīlaבח'ילה