How to say "deacon" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningdeacon
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
شَمَّاس
shammāsשמאס
شماس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
דיאקון
di'akonدِيئَاكُون
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew root
ש-מ-שShammās, 'deacon,' comes via Aramaic shammāshā, 'attendant, servant' — the very same word behind Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ, the synagogue caretaker (and the שמש candle that lights the others on Hanukkah). Church deacon and synagogue beadle, one root of service.
Related Hebrew word:שמשshamashشَامَاش
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In a phrase
شَمَّاس الْكَنِيسَة
shammās al-kanīsaשמאס אל-כניסהthe deacon of the church
Plural
شَمَامِسَة
shamāmisaשמאמסהbroken plural