How to say "arithmetic; account" in Arabic
CognateMeaningarithmetic; account
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حِسَاب
ḥisābחסאב
حساب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חשבון
kheshbonخِشْبُون
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ح-س-بHebrew root
ח-ש-בA near-perfect match: Arabic ḥisāb and Hebrew חשבון both mean 'arithmetic' in the lower grades, a bank 'account', and a restaurant bill. Same root, ح-س-ب ↔ ח-ש-ב, same reckoning.
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In a phrase
حِسَاب بَسِيط
ḥisāb basīṭחסאב בסיטsimple arithmetic
The root family
ح-س-بח-ש-ב· reckoning
One counting root, two careers: Hebrew ח-ש-ב drifted from reckoning to thinking (חשב), while Arabic stayed at the ledger — ḥisāb is your restaurant bill, exactly חשבון. Then both modern languages, coining a word for computer, reached for the very same root: Hebrew built מחשב, Arabic built ḥāsūb.
- حِسَاب ḥisābbill, account, arithmeticחֶשְׁבּוֹןbill, account
- حَسَبَ ḥasabahe counted, calculatedחָשַׁבhe thought — counting turned inward
- حَاسُوب ḥāsūbcomputerמַחְשֵׁבcomputer — same root, same century
- حَاسِبَة ḥāsibacalculator (āla ḥāsiba)
- مُحَاسِب muḥāsibaccountant
- حَسَب ḥasabaccording to (bi-ḥasab)
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