How to say "hook" in Arabic
CognateMeaninghook
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خُطَّاف
khuṭṭāfח'טאף
خطاف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
וו
vavڤَاڤ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
خ-ط-فHebrew root
ח-ט-ףHebrew's plain word for hook, וו, is unrelated — but Arabic khuṭṭāf ('hook,' also colloquially 'swallow,' the bird, for its snatching flight) is built on خطف, 'to snatch, seize.' That's the exact same root as Hebrew חטף, 'to grab, snatch' (חטיפה, 'kidnapping').
Related Hebrew word:חטףkhatafخَاتَاف
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In a phrase
عَلَّقَ الْمِعْطَف عَلَى الْخُطَّاف
ʿallaqa al-miʿṭaf ʿalā l-khuṭṭāfעלק אל-מעטף עלא אל-ח'טאףHe hung the coat on the hook.
Plural
خَطَاطِيف
khaṭāṭīfח'טאטיףbroken plural CaCāCīC