How to say "employee, clerk, official" in Arabic
New wordMeaningemployee, clerk, official
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُوَظَّف
muwaẓẓafמוט'ף
موظف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עובד
ovedأُوڤِد
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
و-ظ-فFrom وظيفة 'function, position, job' (root و-ظ-ف, 'to assign a function to'). No established Hebrew relative — עובד comes from the entirely different root ע-ב-ד, 'to work, serve'.
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In a phrase
هُوَ مُوَظَّف فِي الْبَنْك
huwa muwaẓẓaf fī l-bankהוא מוט'ף פי אל-בנךHe is an employee at the bank.
Plural
مُوَظَّفُون
muwaẓẓafūnמוט'פוןsound masculine plural -ūn
Feminine
مُوَظَّفَة
muwaẓẓafaמוט'פה