How to say "skin" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningskin
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جِلْد
jildג'לד
جلد
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עור
orأُور
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ج-ل-دHebrew root
ג-ל-דArabic jild 'skin' matches Hebrew גלד — the scab or crust that new skin forms — and the verb הגליד 'to scab over'. Letter for letter g-l-d; Hebrew just narrowed it to the healing kind of skin.
Related Hebrew word:גלדgeledگِلِد
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In a phrase
جِلْد نَاعِم
jild nāʿimג'לד נאעםsoft skin