How to say "librarian" in Arabic
CognateMeaninglibrarian
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَمِين الْمَكْتَبَة
amīn al-maktabaאמין אל-מכתבה
أمين المكتبة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ספרן
safranسَافْرَان
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
أ-م-نHebrew root
א-מ-ן'The library's trustee': amīn, 'trustworthy, custodian', is Hebrew נאמן, from the root of אמונה and אמן. Maktaba is from ك-ت-ب, Hebrew כ-ת-ב — so both halves have Hebrew cousins.
Related Hebrew word:נאמןne'emanنِئِمَان
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In a phrase
اِسْأَل أَمِين الْمَكْتَبَة
isʾal amīn al-maktabaאסאל אמין אל-מכתבהAsk the librarian.
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