How to say "map" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningmap
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خَرِيطَة
kharīṭaח'ריטה
خريطة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מפה
mapaمَاپَا
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
خ-ر-طHebrew root
ח-ר-טArabic kharaṭa is 'to incise, turn on a lathe, strip a shape out' — plausibly the same root as Hebrew חרט 'stylus' and חריטה 'engraving' (Exodus 32:4). A khariṭa began life as a wrapped bundle or scroll and only settled into 'map' in the modern era, so treat the link as traditionally noted rather than certain.
Related Hebrew word:חריטהkharitaخَرِيتَا
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In a phrase
خَرِيطَة الْمَدِينَة
kharīṭat al-madīnaח'ריטה אל-מדינהthe city map
Plural
خَرَائِط
kharāʾiṭח'ראאטbroken plural CaCāʾiC — like حَقِيبَة→حَقَائِب