How to say "joy" in Arabic
False friendMeaningjoy
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَرَح
faraḥפרח
فرح
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שמחה
simkhaسِمْخَا
How the two words are related
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Sounds like a Hebrew word but means something else — handle with care.
Arabic root
ف-ر-حFaraḥ sounds exactly like Hebrew פֶּרַח, 'flower' — but it means joy. The flower's Arabic relative is traditionally taken to be فرخ farkh, 'chick, young shoot' (ח↔خ); the faraḥ resemblance is a happy accident.
Related Hebrew word:פרחperakhپِرَاخ
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In a phrase
فَرَح كَبِير
faraḥ kabīrפרח כבירgreat joy