How to say "crossroads, intersection" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningcrossroads, intersection
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَقَاطُع
taqāṭuʿתקאטע
تقاطع
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צומת
tsometتْسُومِت
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ق-ط-عHebrew root
ק-ט-עSame root as قَطَعَ, 'to cut' (already in your deck, matched there with Hebrew קטע) — a تقاطع is where roads 'cut across' each other. Hebrew's own קטע never made the leap to 'intersection' (that's צומת, from an unrelated root), but the cutting image underneath is identical.
Related Hebrew word:קטעkataكَاتَا
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In a phrase
تَقَاطُع الطُّرُق
taqāṭuʿ aṭ-ṭuruqתקאטע א-טרקthe crossroads
Plural
تَقَاطُعَات
taqāṭuʿātתקאטעאתsound plural in -āt