How to say "generation" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaninggeneration
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جِيل
jīlג'יל
جيل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
דּוֹר
dorدُور
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ج-ي-لHebrew root
ג-י-לA gift for false-friend hunters: Arabic jīl is 'generation' (al-jīl al-jadīd, 'the new generation'), and its exact letter-match in Hebrew is gil (גיל) — which means 'age'. Same root, same consonants, but the everyday Hebrew word for 'generation' is actually the unrelated dor (דור).
Related Hebrew word:גילgilگِيل
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In a phrase
جِيل جَدِيد
jīl jadīdג'יל ג'דידa new generation
Plural
أَجْيَال
ajyālאג'יאלbroken plural aCCāC — like جيل→أجيال.