How to say "lecture" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaninglecture
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُحَاضَرَة
muḥāḍaraמחאצ'רה
محاضرة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
הרצאה
hartsa'aهَارْتْسَاءَا
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ح-ض-رHebrew root
ח-צ-רRoot ح-ض-ر, 'to be present, attend' (ḥāḍir is 'present, ready'; ḥaḍāra is 'civilization', settled urban life). With the regular ض↔צ shift, this is sometimes compared to Hebrew ח-צ-ר, 'courtyard, settlement' — the shared idea being people gathered and settled in one place. A muḥāḍara is, at bottom, a room full of people who showed up. The link is proposed rather than certain.
Related Hebrew word:חצרkhatserخَاتْسِر
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In a phrase
مُحَاضَرَة مُمْتِعَة
muḥāḍara mumtiʿaמחאצ'רה ממתעהan enjoyable lecture
Plural
مُحَاضَرَات
muḥāḍarātמחאצ'ראתsound feminine plural -āt.