How to say "vein, blood vessel" in Arabic
CognateMeaningvein, blood vessel
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عِرْق
ʿirqערק
عرق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עורק
orekأُورِك
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ع-ر-قHebrew root
ע-ר-קSame three letters as 'sweat' above (ع-ر-ق), just revocalized: ʿirq is a root, vein, or bloodline where ʿaraq is sweat — one consonantal skeleton, two related bodily ideas. Hebrew עורק 'artery, vein' is the direct match for this sense, ע-ר-ק note for note.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
عِرْق
ʿirʾעראCairo turns the qāf into a glottal stop: ʿirʾ.
In a phrase
عِرْق دَمَوِيّ
ʿirq damawiyyערק דמויa blood vessel
Plural
عُرُوق
ʿurūqערוקbroken plural CuCūC — like قلب→قلوب