How to say "tongue" in Arabic
CognateMeaningtongue
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
لِسَان
lisānלסאן
لسان
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
לשון
lashonلَاشُون
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ل-س-نHebrew root
ל-ש-נLisān is לשון with s where Hebrew has ש. Both mean the tongue in your mouth and the language you speak with it — classical Arabic is called lisān al-ʿarab, 'the tongue of the Arabs'.
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In a phrase
لِسَانُهُ طَوِيل
lisānuhu ṭawīlלסאנה טוילHis tongue is long (he is cheeky).
Plural
أَلْسِنَة
alsinaאלסנהbroken plural aCCiCa — like زمان→أزمنة