How to say "straw" in Arabic
CognateMeaningstraw
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تِبْن
tibnתבן
تبن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תבן
tevenتِڤِن
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ت-ب-نHebrew root
ת-ב-נHebrew תבן and Arabic tibn are the same word down to the root letters — the leftover stalks after the wheat is threshed, in both languages' granaries alike (compare Exodus 5, Pharaoh withholding תבן from the Israelite brickmakers).
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In a phrase
كَوْمَة تِبْن
kawmat tibnכומה תבןa pile of straw