How to say "patience" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningpatience
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صَبْر
ṣabrצבר
صبر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סבלנות
savlanutسَاڤْلَانُوت
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ص-ب-رIsraeli Hebrew met this root through a plant: צבר, the prickly-pear cactus, comes from Arabic ṣabbār (colloquially ṣabr), a name usually tied to 'patience' — the plant endures heat and drought — though it may come by way of ṣabir, 'aloe'. צבר then became the nickname for the native-born Israeli: the sabra.
Related Hebrew word:צברtsabarتْسَابَار
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In a phrase
اَلصَّبْر مِفْتَاح الْفَرَج
aṣ-ṣabr miftāḥ al-farajא-צבר מפתאח אל-פרג'patience is the key to relief