How to say "river" in Arabic
CognateMeaningriver
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
نَهْر
nahrנהר
نهر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
נהר
naharنَاهَار
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ن-ه-رHebrew root
נ-ה-רNahr is simply nahar — the root נ-ה-ר flows through both languages unchanged, letter for letter.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
وَاد
wādואדA different word: wād — the wadi — is the Darija river.
In a phrase
نَهْر طَوِيل
nahr ṭawīlנהר טוילa long river
Plural
أَنْهَار
anhārאנהארbroken plural aCCāC — like قَمَر→أَقْمَار