How to say "unity, solitude" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningunity, solitude

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

وَحْدَة

waḥdaוחדה

وحدة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

אחדות

akhdutأَخْدُوت

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

و-ح-د

Hebrew root

י-ח-ד

Apply the app's regular shift of initial י↔و (as in ילד/وَلَدَ, "to give birth") and Arabic's root for "one, alone," و-ح-د, lines up with Hebrew יחיד ("only, singular") and יחד ("together"). Hebrew's own word for unity, אחדות, looks tempting but is built on a different, only-related root, א-ח-ד ("one") — easy to mix up. And وحدة carries both sides of the same coin, "unity" and plain "loneliness," much like יחיד can mean both "unique" and "alone."

Related Hebrew word:יחידyakhidيَاخِيد

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In a phrase

وَحْدَة الْعَائِلَة
waḥdat al-ʿāʾilaוחדת אל-עאאלה

family unity

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