How to say "to blow" in Arabic
CognateMeaningto blow
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
نَفَخَ
nafakhaנפח'
نفخ
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
נשף
nashafنَاشَاف
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ن-ف-خHebrew root
נ-פ-חnafakha is Hebrew נפח, 'to blow' — the very root behind נפח, a blacksmith (the one who blows the forge bellows), and מפוח, an accordion or a bellows. Everyday Hebrew often says נשף instead, but נפח is the exact cousin.
Related Hebrew word:נפחnafakhنَافَاخ
Learn it
In a phrase
نَفَخَ فِي الْبَالُون
nafakha fī al-bālūnנפח' פי אל-באלוןHe blew into the balloon