How to say "calf" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningcalf

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

عِجْل

ʿijlעג'ל

عجل

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

עֵגֶל

egelإِگِل

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ع-ج-ل

Hebrew root

ע-ג-ל

ʿIjl is ʿegel exactly, three consonants for three — the golden calf of the Exodus story, עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב, is this very word.

عِجْل صَغِير

ʿijl ṣaghīrעג'ל צע'יר

a small calf

عُجُول

ʿujūlעג'ול

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