How to say "parent, guardian (school term)" in Arabic
Shifted meaningMeaningparent, guardian (school term)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَلِيّ الْأَمْر
walī al-amrולי אל-אמר
ولي الأمر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
הורה
horeهُورِي
How the two words are related
Shifted meaning
Same root as a Hebrew word, but the meaning drifted over the centuries.
Arabic root
و-ل-يHebrew root
א-מ-רLiterally 'the one in charge of the matter'. Amr, 'command, matter', comes from ʾamara, 'to command' — the same root as Hebrew אמר, 'to say'. Biblical Hebrew could still use אמר for an order; Modern Hebrew kept 'say', Arabic kept 'command'.
Related Hebrew word:אמרamarأَمَار
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In a phrase
تَوْقِيع وَلِيّ الْأَمْر
tawqīʿ walī al-amrתוקיע ולי אל-אמרa parent's signature
Plural
أَوْلِيَاء الْأُمُور
awliyāʾ al-umūrאוליאא אל-אמורboth words pluralize; the standard school phrase for 'parents'.
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