More Vocabulary, Nouns mostly

G-B-R

جَبَرَ
vn جَبْر
Spanish ‎álgebra
Portuguese ‎álgebra
Lat algebra
Eng ‎algebra
Meaning:

W-D

وَادٍ
Construct وَادِي
‎וָאדִי
Eng ‎wadi
Spanish ‎wadi
Arabic: valley, river bed, ravine, gorge, river, newspaper column
Can be dried up except during the rainy season.
English: valley, gulley or stream bed

K-H-L

كُحْل
كَحَل
‎כַּחַל
Eng ‎kohl
English: a bluish-grey color of eye make-up often made from the mineral stibnite (Sb2S3), which contains the element antimony (symbol Sb, from Ancient Greek στίβι, stíbi)
Arabic (كُحْل): the substance antimony
Arabic (كَحَل): the result of applying a dark coloured eye liner
Hebrew: antimony, mascara, blue paint
Modern كُحُول
‎כֹּהֶל
Meaning: alcohol

P

فَم
فَاه
‎פֶּה
Arabic: mouth (anatomy, river), orifice, aperture, hole, vent, mouthpiece, muzzle
Hebrew: mouth

P-Y-L

Persian پِیل
Persian &
Arabic
فِيل
Heb ‎פִּיל
Aram פִּילָא
Persian (پِیل): elephant, battery
Arabic & Persian (فِيل): elephant, bishop (chess)
Hebrew & Aramaic: elephant
Entered Arabic from Persian, from Akkadian piru, possibly from an non-Semitic source.

S-L

صَلَى
‎צָלָה
Arabic: cooking, heating, burning
Hebrew: roasting, grilling

TH-L-G

ثَلْج
‎שֶׁלֶג
Arabic: snow, ice, ice cube
Hebrew: snow
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