How to say "pure" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningpure

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

طَاهِر

ṭāhirטאהר

طاهر

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

טהור

tahorتَاهُور

How the two words are related

Cognate

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

Arabic root

ط-ه-ر

Hebrew root

ט-ה-ר

טהור and ṭāhir share the exact root ṭ-h-r, letter for letter — ritual purity spoken almost identically in both tongues.

Related Hebrew word:טהורtahorتَاهُور

مَاء طَاهِر

māʾ ṭāhirמאא טאהר

pure water

طَاهِرَة

ṭāhiraטאהרה