How to say "olives" in Arabic
CognateMeaningolives
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
زَيْتُون
zaytūnזיתון
زيتون
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
זיתים
zeitimزِيتِيم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ز-ي-تHebrew root
ז-י-תHebrew זית and Arabic zaytūn are the same ancient olive word, with Arabic adding the -ūn ending. Spanish aceituna was borrowed from this very Arabic form.
Related Hebrew word:זיתzayitزَايِت
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In a phrase
زَيْتُون أَسْوَد
zaytūn aswadזיתון אסודblack olives