How to say "psychology" in Arabic
CognateMeaningpsychology
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عِلْم النَّفْس
ʿilm an-nafsעלם א-נפס
علم النفس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פסיכולוגיה
psikhologyaپْسِيخُولُوگْيَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ن-ف-سHebrew root
נ-פ-ש'The science of the soul' — a native translation of Greek psychología. Nafs, 'soul, self', is Hebrew נפש, with the regular Arabic s ↔ Hebrew שׁ match.
Related Hebrew word:נפשnefeshنِفِش
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كِتَاب فِي عِلْم النَّفْس
kitāb fī ʿilm an-nafsכתאב פי עלם א-נפסa book on psychology
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