How to say "vase, flowerpot" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningvase, flowerpot
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَزْهَرِيَّة
mazhariyyaמזהריה
مزهرية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אגרטל
agartalأَگَارْتَال
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ز-ه-رHebrew root
ז-ה-רRoot ز-ه-ر is Hebrew ז-ה-ר exactly — 'to shine, radiate' (the mystical Zohar is literally 'the Radiance'). Arabic zahr extended the same shine to a flower's brightness — hence az-zuhra, the planet Venus, 'the radiant one' — and a mazhariyya is simply where you keep the radiant blooms.
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In a phrase
وَرْدَة فِي الْمَزْهَرِيَّة
warda fī l-mazhariyyaוארדה פי אל-מזהריהA rose in the vase.
Plural
مَزْهَرِيَّات
mazhariyyātמזהריאתsound feminine plural -āt