How to say "philosophy" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningphilosophy
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَلْسَفَة
falsafaפלספה
فلسفة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פילוסופיה
filosofyaفِيلُوسُوفْيَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ف-ل-س-فBoth from Greek philosophía, 'love of wisdom'. Arabic squeezed the Greek into a four-consonant root, ف-ل-س-ف, and even made a verb, tafalsafa, 'to philosophize'; Hebrew kept the Greek shape.
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In a phrase
فَلْسَفَة يُونَانِيَّة
falsafa yūnāniyyaפלספה יונאניהGreek philosophy