How to say "cold" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningcold
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَارِد
bāridבארד
بارد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קר
karكَار
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ب-ر-دHebrew root
ב-ר-דHebrew barad (ברד) means hail — frozen rain — from the Semitic root b-r-d, 'to be cold'. Arabic still uses the root for everyday coldness, and Arabic barad means hail too.
Related Hebrew word:ברדbaradبَارَاد
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In a phrase
لَيْلَة بَارِدَة
layla bāridaלילה בארדהa cold night
Feminine
بَارِدَة
bāridaבארדה