How to say "bridge" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningbridge

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

جِسْر

jisrג'סר

جسر

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

גשר

gesherگِشِر

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ج-س-ر

Hebrew root

ג-ש-ר

A textbook cognate: jisr and גשר match sound for sound (ج↔ג, س↔ש, ر↔ר) and mean exactly the same thing.

جِسْر قَدِيم

jisr qadīmג'סר קדים

an old bridge

جُسُور

jusūrג'סור

broken plural CuCūC — like بَيْت→بُيُوت