How to say "oud (Arabic lute)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningoud (Arabic lute)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عُود
ʿūdעוד
عود
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עוד
udأُود
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ع-و-دHebrew root
ע-ו-דIsraeli Hebrew borrowed the instrument's name whole: עוד is simply ʿūd, which in Arabic first means 'wood, stick' — the lute is named for its wooden body. Dictionaries file it under ع-و-د, the root of ʿāda 'to return', a true cousin of the common Hebrew word עוד ('still, again'); but the 'wood' word has no known link to that 'again' sense, so the double עוד is a fun coincidence of letters.
Related Hebrew word:עודudأُود
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In a phrase
عَزَفَ عَلَى الْعُود
ʿazafa ʿalā l-ʿūdעזף עלא אל-עודHe played the oud.
Plural
أَعْوَاد
aʿwādאעואדbroken plural aCCāC