How to say "oil (petroleum)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningoil (petroleum)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
نَفْط
nafṭנפט
نفط
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
נפט
neftنِفْت
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew נפט and Arabic nafṭ are the same word, both descending from Akkadian napṭu, 'petroleum' — the ancient Mesopotamian term that also gave Greek naphtha, and that spread across the Near East long before the stuff ran the region.
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In a phrase
بِئْر نَفْط
biʾr nafṭבאר נפטan oil well