How to say "to fly" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningto fly
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
طَارَ
ṭāraטאר
طار
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
טס
tasتَاس
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ط-ي-رHebrew root
ט-ו-סThis is the verb behind ṭāʾira, 'airplane,' already in this app. Hebrew's own 'fly' word, טס, isn't a native root at all — it's an Aramaic import, and (per the airplane entry) some trace it to a rare biblical cousin, יטוש (Job 9:26), linked to Arabic طاش, 'to dart about,' through the regular שׂ↔ش shift. طار and טס are best called neighbors in one loose Semitic 'flight' family, not a clean one-to-one match.
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In a phrase
طَارَ الطَّائِر فَوْقَ الْجَبَل
ṭāra aṭ-ṭāʾir fawq al-jabalטאר א-טאאר פוק אל-ג'בלThe bird flew above the mountain