How to say "eagle, vulture" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningeagle, vulture

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

نَسْر

nasrנסר

نسر

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

נֶשֶׁר

nesherنِشِر

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ن-س-ر

Hebrew root

נ-ש-ר

Nasr is nesher, consonant for consonant — Hebrew ש answering to Arabic س, the same correspondence as shalom/salām.

نَسْر فِي السَّمَاء

nasr fī s-samāʾנסר פי א-סמאא

an eagle in the sky

نُسُور

nusūrנסור

broken plural CuCūC