How to say "the hour before dawn, daybreak" in Arabic
CognateMeaningthe hour before dawn, daybreak
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَحَر
saḥarסחר
سحر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שחר
shakharشَاخَار
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
س-ح-رHebrew root
ש-ח-רSaḥar is Hebrew שחר, 'dawn' — same root, regular ש↔س. The word also gives Ramadan its pre-dawn meal, السُّحُور (as-suḥūr), 'the meal of saḥar'. Don't confuse it with the homograph سِحْر, 'magic' — same three letters, different vowels, unrelated word.
Related Hebrew word:שחרshakharشَاخَار
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In a phrase
قَبْلَ السَّحَر
qabla s-saḥarקבל א-סחרbefore dawn