how to say “aroma” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ניחוח-1.m4a” /]אָרוֹמָה, נִיחוֹחַ
Anyone who’s spent more than a week in Israel probably knows the cafe chain ארומה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ניחוח-2.m4a” /], which means… you guessed it, aroma, which came to English via Greek.
But there’s another word, an authentic Hebrew one, for aroma or scent that appears in the Bible: ניחוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ניחוח-3.m4a” /].
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ניחוח-4.m4a” /]יש ביין הזה ניחוחות של יסמין ופרדסי רימונים.
This wine has aromas of jasmine and pomegranate orchards.
