How to say "carpet, rug" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningcarpet, rug
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
sajjādaסג'אדה
سجادة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
shatiakhشَاتِيَاخ
How the two words are related
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
س-ج-دHebrew root
ס-ג-דA sajjāda was originally the mat you prostrate on — root س-ج-د "bow down", the same root that gives مَسْجِد, the "place of prostration" Hebrew knows as מסגד. Biblical Hebrew has the verb too — לסגוד "to bow in worship" — though linguists suspect it entered Hebrew via Aramaic.
Related Hebrew word:מסגדmisgadمِسْگَاد
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
A different word: zerbiya is the Moroccan carpet.
In a phrase
The carpet is on the floor.
Plural
broken plural CaCāCīC — like سِكِّين→سَكَاكِين