How to say "tar" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningtar
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
زِفْت
ziftזפת
زفت
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
זפת
zefetزِفِت
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ز-ف-تHebrew root
ז-פ-תIdentical in both languages, but likely a shared borrowing rather than an inherited native root — Hebrew זפת has no verb or family of its own in the Bible, which points to Aramaic (or ultimately Egyptian) as the common source for both.
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In a phrase
طَرِيق مُعَبَّد بِالزِّفْت
ṭarīq muʿabbad bi-z-ziftטריק מעבד בא-זפתa road paved with tar