How to say "to draw" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningto draw
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رَسَمَ
rasamaרסם
رسم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צייר
tsiyerتْسِيِر
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
ر-س-مHebrew root
ר-ש-םر-س-م lines up letter for letter with Hebrew ר-ש-ם (see 'drawing'). Arabic kept the visual sense — rasama is simply 'to draw' — while Hebrew רשם drifted to 'to note down, register', keeping the sketch only in the art-world רישום.
Related Hebrew word:רשםrashamرَاشَام
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In a phrase
اُرْسُم دَائِرَة
ursum dāʾiraארסם דאירהDraw a circle.
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