How to say "charger" in Arabic
New wordMeaningcharger
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
شَاحِن
shāḥinשאחן
شاحن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מטען
matenمَاتِن
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ش-ح-نNo Hebrew relative — shāḥin, 'charger, loader', is the active participle of shaḥana, 'to load, charge (a battery), freight (a ship)'; the same root gives shaḥna, 'cargo'. Hebrew מטען, from ט-ע-ן 'to load, claim, argue', reaches the same idea — 'the loaded thing' — from a completely different root.
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Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
شَارْجُور
shārjūrשארג'ורFrom French chargeur: shārjūr.
In a phrase
أَيْنَ شَاحِن الْهَاتِف؟
ayna shāḥin al-hātif?אין שאחן אל-האתף?Where is the phone charger?
Plural
شَوَاحِن
shawāḥinשואחןbroken plural CawāCiC — like هَاتِف→هَوَاتِف.