How to say "neighbor" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningneighbor
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَار
jārג'אר
جار
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שכן
shakhenشَاخِن
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ج-و-رHebrew root
ג-ו-רJār comes from the root g-w-r 'to dwell alongside' — the same root as Hebrew ger (גר), the sojourner living among you, and the verb lagur ('to live somewhere').
Related Hebrew word:גרgerگِر
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In a phrase
جَارِي رَجُل لَطِيف
jārī rajul laṭīfג'ארי רג'ל לטיףMy neighbor is a nice man.
Plural
جِيرَان
jīrānג'יראןbroken plural CīCān — like جار→جيران.