How to say "war" in Arabic

Shifted meaning

Meaningwar

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

حَرْب

ḥarbחרב

حرب

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

מלחמה

milkhamaمِلْخَامَا

How the two words are related

Shifted meaning

Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.

Arabic root

ح-ر-ب

Hebrew root

ח-ר-ב

A sharp shift: Hebrew חרב is the sword, Arabic ḥarb is the war you wage with it. Same root, one step apart — the weapon became the fight.

Related Hebrew word:חרבkherevخِرِڤ

اَلْحَرْب وَالسَّلَام

al-ḥarb wa-s-salāmאל-חרב וא-סלאם

war and peace

حُرُوب

ḥurūbחרוב

broken plural CuCūC — like قَلْب→قُلُوب