How to say "weight" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningweight
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَزْن
waznוזן
وزن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
משקל
mishkalمِشْكَال
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
و-ز-نHebrew root
א-ז-ןSame root as mīzān above (و-ز-ن), but Hebrew's everyday word for 'weight' switched to mishqal (מִשְׁקָל) — from a different root, ש-ק-ל, 'to weigh' (the one behind shekel). The old wazn-root cognate survives in Hebrew only fossilized inside מאזניים, 'scales'.
Related Hebrew word:מאזנייםmoznayimمُوزْنَايِم
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In a phrase
وَزْن ثَقِيل
wazn thaqīlוזן ת'קילa heavy weight
Plural
أَوْزَان
awzānאוזאןbroken plural aCCāC
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