How to say "almonds" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningalmonds
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
لَوْز
lawzלוז
لوز
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שקדים
shkedimشْكِدِيم
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ل-و-زHebrew root
ל-ו-זArabic lawz is almonds; Hebrew לוז shows up in Genesis 30:37 as a nut tree and survives in Modern Hebrew as the hazel (אגוז לוז). Same old word, neighboring nuts.
Related Hebrew word:לוזluzلُوز
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In a phrase
لَوْز مُحَمَّص
lawz muḥammaṣלוז מחמץroasted almonds