How to say "agriculture, farming" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningagriculture, farming
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
زِرَاعَة
ziraʿaזראעה
زراعة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חקלאות
khakla'utخَاكْلَاؤُوت
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ز-ر-عHebrew root
ז-ר-עZiraʿa is just Arabic ز-ر-ع, 'to sow', stretched to name the whole enterprise — the same root behind Hebrew זרע, 'seed'. Hebrew's own word for the discipline, חקלאות, took a different route entirely (see 'field' — it's built on Aramaic חקל). Two Semitic languages, two different roots chosen to name the same profession.
Related Hebrew word:זרעzeraزِرَا
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In a phrase
وِزَارَة الزِّرَاعَة
wizārat az-ziraʿaוזארה א-זראעהthe Ministry of Agriculture