How to say "raven, crow" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningraven, crow

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

غُرَاب

ghurābע'וראב

غراب

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

עוֹרֵב

orevأُورِڤ

How the two words are related

Cognate

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

Arabic root

غ-ر-ب

Hebrew root

ע-ר-ב

Ghurāb is ʿorev — ע answers to غ here rather than the more common ع, the same pairing as gharb/maʿarav (west, literally 'the evening direction').

غُرَاب أَسْوَد

ghurāb aswadע'וראב אסוד

a black raven

غِرْبَان

ghirbānע'רבאן

broken plural CiCCāC