How to say "wave" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningwave
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَوْجَة
mawjaמוג'ה
موجة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
גל
galگَال
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
م-و-جHebrew root
מ-ו-גDictionaries since BDB have compared Arabic m-w-j (to surge, heave) with Hebrew מ-ו-ג of נמוג, 'melted away, dissolved' — the shared idea is losing firmness and swaying. The link is traditional rather than certain, but it makes the heaving sea a handy anchor for נמוג.
Related Hebrew word:נמוגnamogنَامُوگ
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In a phrase
مَوْجَة عَالِيَة
mawja ʿāliyaמוג'ה עאליהa high wave
Plural
أَمْوَاج
amwājאמואג'broken plural aCCāC — أَمْوَاج الْبَحْر, the waves of the sea