How to say "mother-in-law" in Arabic
CognateMeaningmother-in-law
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَمَاة
ḥamāhחמאה
حماة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חָמוֹת
khamotخَامُوت
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ح-م-وHebrew root
ח-מ-וThe feminine of ḥam — and a clean match with Hebrew ḥamot (חמות), the word behind every mother-in-law story from the Bible (Ruth and Naomi) to modern Hebrew.
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In a phrase
حَمَاتِي تُحِبُّنِي
ḥamātī tuḥibbunīחמאתי תחבניMy mother-in-law loves me.