How to say "tailor" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningtailor

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

خَيَّاط

khayyāṭח'יאט

خياط

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

חייט

khayatخَايَات

How the two words are related

Cognate

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

Arabic root

خ-ي-ط

Hebrew root

ח-ו-ט

Hebrew חייט and Arabic khayyāṭ are the same tailor in the same qattāl/CaCCāC pattern, each built on 'thread': Hebrew חוט, Arabic خَيْط (Hebrew ח covers both Arabic ح and خ, so the match is regular).

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In a phrase

خَيَّاط مَاهِر

khayyāṭ māhirח'יאט מאהר

a skilled tailor

Plural

خَيَّاطُون

khayyāṭūnח'יאטון

sound masculine plural -ūn

More words from this root

threadkhayṭخَيْطחוט