How to say "drawing" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningdrawing
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رَسْم
rasmרסם
رسم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ציור
tsiyurتْسِيُور
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ر-س-مHebrew root
ר-ש-םRasm shares its root, letter for letter, with Hebrew רשם (rasham, "to note down, register") — ר-ש-ם and ر-س-م line up exactly. Arabic kept the visual sense (a sketch, a line drawing); Hebrew drifted toward paperwork, so a רישום today is usually a registration, not a doodle (though in the art world a רישום is still a line drawing).
Related Hebrew word:רשםrashamرَاشَام
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In a phrase
رَسْم جَمِيل
rasm jamīlרסם ג'מילa beautiful drawing
Plural
رُسُوم
rusūmרסוםbroken plural CuCūC — رسوم also means "fees, dues" in everyday use