How to say "dye, pigment" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningdye, pigment

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

صِبْغَة

ṣibghaצבע'ה

صبغة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

צבע

tsevaتْسِڤَا

How the two words are related

Cognate

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

Arabic root

ص-ب-غ

Hebrew root

צ-ב-ע

An exact match, letter for letter: Arabic ص-ب-غ and Hebrew צ-ב-ע are the same Semitic root (غ regularly answers ע), and both core meanings converge on 'color, dye, paint' — ṣibgha and tseva (צבע) are about as close as cousins get.

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صِبْغَة الشَّعْر

ṣibghat ash-shaʿrצבע'ת א-שער

hair dye

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painter (house painter, dyer)ṣabbāghصَبَّاغצבע

How to say "dye, pigment" in Arabic

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