How to say "lighthouse" in Arabic
CognateMeaninglighthouse
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَنَارَة
manāraמנארה
منارة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מגדלור
migdalorمِگْدَالُور
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ن-و-رHebrew root
נ-ו-רBuilt on ن-و-ر, 'light, fire' — the identical root behind Hebrew's own מְנוֹרָה, the lamp (famously the Temple's menorah). Arabic manāra and Hebrew menorah are even built on the same maCCoCa 'place of X' pattern: manāra is simply 'the place that gives light'. The word can also mean 'minaret' — a mosque's own tower of light, marking prayer time instead of guiding ships.
Related Hebrew word:מנורהmenoraمِنُورَا
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In a phrase
مَنَارَة عَالِيَة
manāra ʿāliyaמנארה עאליהa tall lighthouse
Plural
مَنَارَات
manārātמנאראתsound feminine plural in -āt (منائر also occurs as a broken plural)