How to say "picking (fruit)" in Arabic
CognateMeaningpicking (fruit)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
قَطْف
qaṭfקטף
قطف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קטיף
katifكَاتِيف
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ق-ط-فHebrew root
ק-ט-פHebrew קטף and Arabic qaṭafa are the same root, same action, same everyday word for picking fruit off the tree or flowers off the stem — as clean a one-to-one Semitic match as they come.
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In a phrase
قَطْف الزَّيْتُون
qaṭf az-zaytūnקטף א-זיתוןolive picking