How to say "rain-fed (unirrigated farming)" in Arabic
CognateMeaningrain-fed (unirrigated farming)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَعْل
baʿlבעל
بعل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בעל
ba'alبَاءَال
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ب-ع-لHebrew root
ב-ע-לAs exact as cognates get, technical sense included: Hebrew בעל and Arabic baʿl are the very same word, 'lord, husband, owner' — and in farming, both languages use it for the identical specialized meaning: unirrigated, rain-fed land, as if the sky itself were its only master. חקלאות בעל and زراعة بعلية describe the same practice.
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In a phrase
زِرَاعَة بَعْلِيَّة
ziraʿa baʿliyyaזראעה בעליהrain-fed agriculture