How to say "sun" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningsun

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

شَمْس

shamsשמס

شمس

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

שמש

shemeshشِمِش

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ش-م-س

Hebrew root

ש-מ-ש

Shams and shemesh are the same ancient Semitic word — the sun has carried this name from Akkadian shamshu all the way into both Hebrew and Arabic.

الشَّمْس مُشْرِقَة

ash-shams mushriqaא-שמס משרקה

the sun is shining