How to say "lawyer" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaninglawyer
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُحَامِي
muḥāmīמחאמי
محامي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עורך דין
orekh dinأُورِخ دِين
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ح-م-يHebrew root
ח-מ-הA muḥāmī is literally a 'defender', from ḥ-m-y 'to protect' — the root traditionally seen in Hebrew חומה, the city wall that protects. Formal MSA spells the word مُحَامٍ; everyday speech says muḥāmī.
Related Hebrew word:חומהkhomaخُومَا
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In a phrase
الْمُحَامِي فِي الْمَحْكَمَة
al-muḥāmī fī l-maḥkamaאל-מחאמי פי אל-מחכמהThe lawyer is in the courtroom.
Plural
مُحَامُون
muḥāmūnמחאמוןsound masculine plural -ūn; the weak final radical drops (muḥāmī→muḥāmūn)