How to say "squirrel" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsquirrel
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سِنْجَاب
sinjābסנג'אב
سنجاب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סְנַאי
snayسْنَاي
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
س-ن-ج-بNo relation — sinjāb is itself an old Persian loanword for the grey squirrel (and, by extension, its prized fur), while Hebrew senai was coined natively in the 20th century.
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In a phrase
سِنْجَاب عَلَى الشَّجَرَة
sinjāb ʿalā sh-shajaraסנג'אב עלא א-שג'רהa squirrel on the tree
Plural
سَنَاجِب
sanājibסנאג'בbroken plural CaCāCiC