How to say "screw" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningscrew
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بُرْغِيّ
burghiyyברע'י
برغي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בורג
boregبُورِگ
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew בורג is a direct borrowing of this very word — both Hebrew and Arabic picked it up from Ottoman Turkish burgu, 'auger, drill' (from burmak, 'to twist'). A rare case where the resemblance is a shared modern import, not ancient Semitic kinship.
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In a phrase
بُرْغِيّ صَغِير
burghiyy ṣaghīrברע'י צע'ירa small screw
Plural
بَرَاغِي
barāghīבראע'יthe nisba -iyy ending simplifies to long ī in the plural