How to say "guard, watchman" in Arabic
New wordMeaningguard, watchman
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَارِس
ḥārisחארס
حارس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שומר
shomerشُومِر
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ح-ر-سNo Hebrew relative for ح-ر-س 'to guard' — the same root as the verb ḥarasa met elsewhere in this app. Hebrew's שומר comes from an entirely different root, שׁ-מ-ר.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
عسَّاس
ʿassāsעסאסDarija's watchman is an ʿassās.
In a phrase
الْحَارِس أَمَام الْبَاب
al-ḥāris amām al-bābאל-חארס אמאם אל-באבThe guard is in front of the door.
Plural
حُرَّاس
ḥurrāsחראסbroken plural CuCCāC — like عامل→عمّال
Feminine
حَارِسَة
ḥārisaחארסה