How to say "missile, rocket" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningmissile, rocket
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صَارُوخ
ṣārūkhצארוח'
صاروخ
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
טיל
tilتِيل
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ص-ر-خHebrew root
צ-ר-חRoot צ-ר-ח, 'to scream, shriek' in both languages (Arabic ṣarakha, Hebrew צרח) — a ṣārūkh is literally 'the screamer', named for the shriek it tears through the air. Hebrew's own word for missile, טיל, took a wholly unrelated route.
Related Hebrew word:צרחtsarakhتْسَارَاخ
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In a phrase
صَارُوخ بَعِيد الْمَدَى
ṣārūkh baʿīd al-madāצארוח' בעיד אל-מדאa long-range missile
Plural
صَوَارِيخ
ṣawārīkhצואריח'Broken plural CawāCīC — the fāʿūl-noun plural pattern.