How to say "scales, balance" in Arabic
CognateMeaningscales, 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-نHebrew root
א-ז-ןTextbook 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 דקיקa precise scale
Plural
مَوَازِين
mawāzīnמואזיןbroken plural mafāʿīl
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