How to say "shadow, shade" in Arabic
CognateMeaningshadow, shade
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ظِلّ
ẓillט'ל
ظل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צל
tselتْسِل
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ظ-ل-لHebrew root
צ-ל-לẒill is tsel with the regular צ↔ظ correspondence — the very link already promised back in ẓalām/darkness. A shadow is simply where the darkness begins.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
ضِلّ
ḍillצ'לظ becomes ḍ in Cairo: ḍill.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
ضلّ
ḍellצ'לDarija: ḍell.
In a phrase
ظِلّ الشَّجَرَة
ẓill ash-shajaraט'ל א-שג'רהthe shade of the tree