How to say "gardener" in Arabic

Loanword

Meaninggardener

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

بُسْتَانِيّ

bustānīבסתאני

بستاني

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

גנן

gananگَانَان

How the two words are related

Loanword

Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).

The job title itself isn't shared: Hebrew's גנן comes from native גן 'garden', unrelated to bustānī. But the word riding underneath it is — bustānī is built on the Persian loanword بستان (see the garden entry), and Hebrew independently borrowed that very same Persian bōstān, 'place of fragrance', as בוסתן, 'orchard'. Parallel loans into both languages, not a shared Semitic root — the same story as qubṭān/קפטן (captain) below.

Related Hebrew word:בוסתןbustanبُوسْتَان

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In a phrase

الْبُسْتَانِيّ فِي الْحَدِيقَة
al-bustānī fī l-ḥadīqaאל-בסתאני פי אל-חדיקה

The gardener is in the garden.

Plural

بُسْتَانِيُّون
bustāniyyūnבסתאניון

sound masculine plural -ūn

Feminine

بُسْتَانِيَّة
bustāniyyaבסתאניה

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