رأس
Arabic
root
Definitions
- to be at the head, to be chairman, to chair, to be in charge, to preside
- to head, to lead, to direct, to manage, to run
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (head).
Origin
Proto-Semitic
*raʾš-
Gloss
head
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- guten Rutsch German
- haras Middle English
- hárr Old Norse
- أخضر Arabic
- الرأس الأخضر Arabic
- رَئِيس Arabic
- فرس Arabic
- haraz Old French
- haraz Middle French
- רֹאשׁ Hebrew (modern)
- ראש Hebrew (modern)
- *raʾš- Proto-Semitic
- רישא Aramaic
- ܪܝܫܐ Classical Syriac
- ܪܝܫܢܐ Classical Syriac
- 𒊕 Akkadian
- 𐤓𐤀𐤔 Phoenician
- ራስ Amharic
- 𐎗𐎛𐎌 Ugaritic
- ርእስ Ge'ez
- ርእሲ Tigrinya
- 𐩧𐩱𐩪 Old South Arabian
- ረኣስ Tigre
- 𐤓𐤔 Moabite
- 𒌷𒉈 Eblaite