How to say "to milk" in Arabic
CognateMeaningto milk
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَلَبَ
ḥalabaחלב
حلب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חלב
khalavخَالَاڤ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ح-ل-بHebrew root
ח-ל-בḥalaba is Modern Hebrew לַחְלֹב, letter for letter (ح↔ח is the regular match). The noun חלב 'milk' is literally the product of this very verb — Arabic keeps both halves too, with ḥalīb for the milk itself.
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In a phrase
حَلَبَ الْبَقَرَة
ḥalaba al-baqaraחלב אל-בקרהHe milked the cow