How to say "to grind" in Arabic
CognateMeaningto grind
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
طَحَنَ
ṭaḥanaטחן
طحن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
טחן
takhanتَاخَان
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ط-ح-نHebrew root
ט-ח-ןṭaḥana = טחן exactly, and the mills match too: Arabic maṭḥana is Hebrew טחנה. Hebrew even kept the grinding image in טוחנות, the molars — the teeth that mill your food.
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In a phrase
طَحَنَ الْقَمْح فِي الطَّاحُونَة
ṭaḥana al-qamḥ fī aṭ-ṭāḥūnaטחן אל-קמח פי א-טאחונהHe ground the wheat in the mill