How to say "messiah" in Arabic
CognateMeaningmessiah
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَسِيح
masīḥמסיח
مسيح
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
משיח
mashiakhمَاشِيَاخ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
م-س-حHebrew root
מ-ש-חRoot m-s-ḥ, 'to anoint' — an exact match with Hebrew מ-ש-ח. Al-masīḥ and ha-mashiaḥ are literally 'the anointed one,' the same title for the same idea of a divinely chosen, oil-anointed leader. (The title al-Masīḥ itself most likely reached Arabic through Aramaic mšīḥā, together with Christianity.)
Related Hebrew word:משיחmashiakhمَاشِيَاخ
Learn it
In a phrase
عِيسَى الْمَسِيح
ʿīsā al-masīḥעיסא אל-מסיחJesus the Messiah