How to say "respect" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningrespect
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
اِحْتِرَام
iḥtirāmאחתראם
احترام
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כבוד
kavodكَاڤُود
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-مHebrew root
ח-ר-םThe root ح-ر-م / ח-ר-ם is about drawing a line around something as untouchable — sacred or taboo, depending on which side you land. Arabic iḥtirām takes the reverent side: treating someone as inviolable, i.e. respect. Hebrew חרם kept the forbidding side: a ban, a boycott, something placed off-limits.
Related Hebrew word:חרםkheremخِرِم
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In a phrase
اِحْتِرَام مُتَبَادَل
iḥtirām mutabādalאחתראם מתבאדלmutual respect