How to say "gazelle" in Arabic
New wordMeaninggazelle
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غَزَال
ghazālע'זאל
غزال
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צְבִי
tsviتْسْڤِي
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
غ-ز-لNo Hebrew relative — tsvi comes from an entirely different root. But ghazāl did travel: it's the direct ancestor of the English word gazelle, borrowed through Old French and Andalusi Arabic.
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In a phrase
غَزَال سَرِيع
ghazāl sarīʿע'זאל סריעa fast gazelle
Plural
غِزْلَان
ghizlānע'זלאןbroken plural CiCCāC