How to say "fence, hedge (field boundary)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningfence, hedge (field boundary)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سِيَاج
siyājסיאג'
سياج
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
גדר
gaderگَادِر
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
س-ي-جHebrew root
ס-י-גNot a coincidence: Hebrew's own fence word, סְיָג — famous from the Mishnaic maxim עֲשׂוּ סְיָג לַתּוֹרָה, 'make a fence around the Torah' — and Arabic سياج both trace back to the very same Aramaic word, סְיָגָא. Modern Hebrew's everyday גדר took a different route; סייג survives for the specifically figurative, precautionary kind of fence.
Related Hebrew word:סייגsyagسْيَاگ
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In a phrase
سِيَاج الْحَقْل
siyāj al-ḥaqlסיאג' אל-חקלthe field's fence
Plural
سِيَاجَات
siyājātסיאג'אתsound feminine plural -āt