How to say "scales, balance" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningscales, balance

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

مِيزَان

mīzānמיזאן

ميزان

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

מאזניים

moznayimمُوزْنَايِم

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

و-ز-ن

Hebrew root

א-ז-ן

Textbook cognates: Hebrew מֹאזְנַיִם (moznayim, always dual — 'a pair of scales') and Arabic mīzān both come from Proto-Semitic *wazana, 'to weigh'. Both are instrument nouns in which the root's initial w merged with the vowel before it (Arabic *miwzān → mīzān, Hebrew *mawzan- → moz-). Hebrew later treated the word as if it were built on א-ז-ן, which is why dictionaries list that root rather than ו-ז-ן.

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In a phrase

مِيزَان دَقِيق
mīzān daqīqמיזאן דקיק

a precise scale

Plural

مَوَازِين
mawāzīnמואזין

broken plural mafāʿīl

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