How to say "iron (metal)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningiron (metal)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَدِيد
ḥadīdחדיד
حديد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ברזל
barzelبَارْزِل
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ح-د-دNo relative for ברזל itself — likely a pre-Semitic Mediterranean loanword, much like English 'iron.' But ḥadīd is transparently 'the sharp one' (root ح-د-د), and Hebrew's own חַד, 'sharp,' is the very same root — it just never got applied to the metal.
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In a phrase
بَاب مِن الْحَدِيد
bāb min al-ḥadīdבאב מן אל-חדידan iron door