How to say "coalition" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningcoalition
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
اِئْتِلَاف
iʾtilāfאאתלאף
ائتلاف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קואליציה
ko'alitsyaكُوءَالِتْسْيَا
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
أ-ل-فHebrew root
א-ל-ףRoot א-ל-ף — Hebrew אָלַף, 'to be accustomed to, learn, tame' (and אֶלֶף 'thousand', a company grown so large it's simply 'the familiar many'). Arabic alifa carries the same 'grown-familiar-with' sense, and iʾtilāf is what happens when separate parties become mutually accustomed: a coalition, a harmony.
Related Hebrew word:אלףalafأَلَاف
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In a phrase
اِئْتِلَاف حُكُومِيّ
iʾtilāf ḥukūmiyyאאתלאף חכומיa governing coalition
Plural
اِئْتِلَافَات
iʾtilāfātאאתלאפאתSound feminine plural -āt.