How to say "to seal, stamp; to sign off" in Arabic
CognateMeaningto seal, stamp; to sign off
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خَتَمَ
khatamaח'תם
ختم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חתם
khatamخَاتَام
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
خ-ت-مHebrew root
ח-ת-םkhatama is חתם exactly (خ↔ח, the same match as in أخذ/אחז). Arabic khātim, a signet ring, and Hebrew חותם, a seal or signature, are the very same stamp — and both languages use the root for 'to conclude', as in khatm al-Qurʾān and Hebrew חתימה, the closing of a matter.
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In a phrase
خَتَمَ الرِّسَالَة بِتَوْقِيعِه
khatama ar-risāla bi-tawqīʿihח'תם א-רסאלה בתוקיעהHe sealed the letter with his signature