How to say "passenger, rider" in Arabic
CognateMeaningpassenger, rider
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رَاكِب
rākibראכב
راكب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
נוסע
noseaنُوسِيَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ك-بHebrew root
ר-כ-בSame root as رَكِبَ, 'to ride' (Hebrew רכב) — a rākib is simply 'one who rides'. Hebrew רכב, 'vehicle', and the classical מרכבה, 'chariot', both ride on that very root.
Related Hebrew word:רכבrakhavرَاخَاڤ
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In a phrase
رَاكِب فِي الْبَاص
rākib fī al-bāṣראכב פי אל-באץa passenger on the bus
Plural
رُكَّاب
rukkābרכאבbroken plural CuCCāC — an occupation/participle plural