How to say "orphan" in Arabic
CognateMeaningorphan
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
يَتِيم
yatīmיתים
يتيم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יָתוֹם
yatomيَاتُوم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ي-ت-مHebrew root
י-ת-םYatīm and Hebrew yatom (יתום) are the same root wearing the same clothes — one of the most exact matches in the whole family, right down to the vowel pattern faʿīl / qatol.
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In a phrase
الطِّفْل الْيَتِيم
aṭ-ṭifl al-yatīmא-טפל אל-יתיםthe orphan child
Plural
يَتَامَى
yatāmāיתאמאbroken plural faʿālā — like يتيم→يتامى.