How to say "depth" in Arabic
CognateMeaningdepth
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عُمْق
ʿumqעמק
عمق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עומק
omekأُومِك
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ع-م-قHebrew root
ע-מ-קAn exact match: Arabic ع-م-ق and Hebrew ע-מ-ק are the same root letter for letter, both centered on 'depth'. Hebrew עומק (omeq) is the abstract noun; עמק (emeq), 'valley', is the same root's concrete offspring — a valley is simply a 'deep place'.
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In a phrase
عُمْق الْبَحْر
ʿumq al-baḥrעמק אל-בחרthe depth of the sea
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