How to say "barley" in Arabic
CognateMeaningbarley
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
شَعِير
shaʿīrשעיר
شعير
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שעורה
se'oraسِئُورَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ش-ع-رHebrew root
שׂ-ע-רHebrew שׂעורה and Arabic shaʿīr share the root ש-ע-ר / ش-ع-ر, with Hebrew's שׂ (sin) matching Arabic ش as the regular correspondence predicts — one of the Bible's seven species, named the same way in both languages.
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In a phrase
خُبْز الشَّعِير
khubz ash-shaʿīrח'בז א-שעירbarley bread