How to say "biology" in Arabic
CognateMeaningbiology
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عِلْم الْأَحْيَاء
ʿilm al-aḥyāʾעלם אל-אחיאא
علم الأحياء
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ביולוגיה
biologyaبِيُولُوگْيَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ح-ي-يHebrew root
ח-י-הHebrew uses the Greek word, but the Arabic is pure Semitic: 'the science of living things'. Aḥyāʾ is the plural of ḥayy, 'alive' — Hebrew חי — from the root of חיים, 'life'. On timetables it is often just al-aḥyāʾ.
Related Hebrew word:חייםkhayimخَايِم
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In a phrase
كِتَاب الْأَحْيَاء
kitāb al-aḥyāʾכתאב אל-אחיאאthe biology book