How to say "soap" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningsoap
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صَابُون
ṣābūnצאבון
صابون
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סבון
sabonسَابُون
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Both ultimately trace to Latin sapo 'soap' — the same source as French savon and English 'saponify'. Hebrew סבון and Arabic ṣābūn are cousins by the same Roman root, however each one actually arrived.
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In a phrase
غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ بِالصَّابُون
ghasala yadayhi bi-ṣ-ṣābūnע'סל ידיה בא-צאבוןHe washed his hands with soap.