| Arabic | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
BAS Body Parts | ||
| ذِرَاع / أَذْرُع, ذُرْعَان (f) | arm | Also "lever; crank arm; cubit". From the root ذ ر ع (ḏ-r-ʿ). Cognate to Aramaic דְּרָעָא / ܕܪܥܐ (dərāʿā), Hebrew זְרוֹעַ (zərṓaʿ), Ugaritic 𐎏𐎗𐎓 (ḏrʿ), Ge'ez መዝራዕት (mäzraʿt), Tigre ዘራዕ (zäraʿ), መዛርዕት (mäzarəʿt), Tigrinya መዝራዕት (mäzraʿt), Soqotri direʿ, Shehri diráʿ. |
| عَيْن / عَيْنَان / عُيُون, أَعْيُن (f) | eye | Also "spring (of water); envy; spy; a revered person in the community; money or the equivalent of money". Also, name of the eighteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ع (ʿ)), representing the sound /ʕ/. Compare Hebrew עין. |
| إِصْبَع / أَصَابِع (f,m) | finger, toe | Also "piano key; popsicle". From the root ص ب ع (ṣ-b-ʿ). Compare Aramaic אֶצְבְּעָא (ʾeṣbəʿā), Hebrew אֶצְבַּע (ʾeṣbaʿ). |
| رَأْس / رُؤُوس, أَرْؤُس (m) | head | Also "leader, chief; top, summit; apex; extremity, end; promontory, cape; main part; beginning" First word of "Rastafari", the religion whose name derives from the pre-regnal title of Haile Selassie, lit. "Duke Tafari". From the root ر ء س (r-ʾ-s), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”). Cognate with Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rósh) and Aramaic רֵישָׁא (rēšā). Also note Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה), literally meaning the "head [of] the year". |
| ظَهر / ظُهُور, أَظْهُر (m) | back | Also "rear, reverse; deck, surface, top; cast iron". Related to verb for "to be visible, external, perceptible, clear". From the root ظ ه ر (ẓ-h-r) "Relating to visibility, making clear or understandable; Relating to support". |
| سَاق / سُوق, سُؤُوق, سِيقَان, أَسْوُق (f) | leg | Also "shank; thigh; side of an angle; perpendicular; trunk, stalk; column, pillar; scale (balance); genus, gender, kind; pain, torment". From Aramaic שָׁקָא (šāqā, “shin”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒆸 (sâqu, “to be narrow, skinny, or constricted”), cognate to native Arabic ضَيِّق (ḍayyiq, “narrow, pressed”); compare Classical Syriac ܫܩܐ (šāqā, “shin”), Hebrew שׁוֹק (shok, “shin”). Connected back to the root س و ق (s-w-q) (verbs for "drive; conscript; pilot; transport") by the urging on of animals with one's legs when riding or by driving them forward by tapping at their legs. |
| يَد / يَدَان / أَيْدٍ, أَيَادٍ (f) | hand | Also "arm; forelimb; hand (card game); power, strength, authority; handle; monument, shrine". From Proto-Semitic *yad-. Cognate with Hebrew יָד (yád, "hand") |
| بَطْن / بُطُون, أَبْطُن (m) | stomach, abdomen | Also "womb; interior; depth". Related to verb "to be inside, hidden". From the root ب ط ن (b-ṭ-n). Cognate with Hebrew בֶּטֶן (béten, “stomach”), Aramaic בטנא (baṭnā, “womb”). |
| شَعْر, شَعَر (m) | hair | Also "bristles; pelt". Collective noun. From the root ش ع ر (š-ʿ-r) "Related to knowledge or awareness" |
| فَم / فَمَان / أَفْوَاه (m) | mouth | Construct state is فُو (fū) or فَم (fam). Also "muzzle; aperture; mouth (of a river); mouthpiece". From Proto-Semitic *pay-. Cognate with Hebrew פֶּה (pé), Aramaic פּוּמָא (pūmā). |
| أَنف / أُنُوف (m) | nose | From Proto-Semitic *ʾanp-. Compare Aramaic אַפָּא (ʾappā), Hebrew אַף (ʾap̄). |
| أُذُن, أُذْن / أُذُنَان, أُذْنَان / آذَان (f) | ear | Also "handle (of a cup)". From Proto-Semitic *ʾuðn- (“ear”). |