How to say "fan (ceiling or hand)" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfan (ceiling or hand)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِرْوَحَة
mirwaḥaמרוחה
مروحة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מאוורר
me'avrerمِئَاڤْرِر
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-و-حHebrew root
ר-ו-חRoot ر-و-ح is Hebrew רוח exactly — 'wind, breath, spirit'. A mirwaḥa is simply 'the wind-maker'; the same root gives رِيح rīḥ 'wind' and رَائِحَة rāʾiḥa 'smell', what the wind carries along with it.
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In a phrase
شَغَّلَ الْمِرْوَحَة
shaghghala al-mirwaḥaשע'ל אל-מרוחהHe turned on the fan.
Plural
مَرَاوِح
marāwiḥמראוחbroken plural maCāCiC, weak middle radical — like مِفْتَاح family