How to say "oud (Arabic lute)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningoud (Arabic lute)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عُود
ʿūdעוד
عود
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עוד
udأُود
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ع-و-دHebrew root
ע-ו-דIsraeli Hebrew borrowed the instrument's name whole: עוד is simply ʿūd. The coincidence runs deeper than sound — ʿūd's root ع-و-د ("to return, repeat") is the very same root behind the common Hebrew word עוד ("still, again, more"): a lute is built to be played again and again.
Related Hebrew word:עודudأُود
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In a phrase
عَزَفَ عَلَى الْعُود
ʿazafa ʿalā l-ʿūdעזף עלא אל-עודHe played the oud.
Plural
أَعْوَاد
aʿwādאעואדbroken plural aCCāC