How to say "breeze" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningbreeze
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
نَسِيم
nasīmנסים
نسيم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
משב
mashavمَاشَاڤ
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ن-س-مHebrew root
נ-ש-םNasīm shares its root with Hebrew נשם, 'to breathe' — a breeze is the sky's own breath. Arabic kept the noun for the breeze itself; Hebrew kept the verb, and also נשמה, the soul, from the same root.
Related Hebrew word:נשםnashamنَاشَام
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In a phrase
نَسِيم الصَّبَاح
nasīm aṣ-ṣabāḥנסים א-צבאחthe morning breeze