How to say "daughter, girl" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningdaughter, girl

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

بِنْت

bintבנת

بنت

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

בת

batبَات

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ب-ن-و

Hebrew root

ב-נ

Hebrew bat (בת) is literally bint with the n swallowed: Proto-Semitic bint kept its n in Arabic but assimilated it in Hebrew (bint → bitt → bat).

بِنْتِي صَغِيرَة

bintī ṣaghīraבנתי צע'ירה

My daughter is little.

بَنَات

banātבנאת

sound feminine plural -āt — banāt, a near-twin of Hebrew banot (בנות).