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**Maypeevophy** · 08-15-2012, 11:24 AM

Siwaak and miswaak both mean the same thing, the twig that is used to clean teeth, but according to grammar,

Siwaak is the masdar, its the original word from which the verb has been taken. It means to use the twig to clean teeth

Miswaak is the object/tool which is used, as in the twig.

But both words can be used

sister.

Does anyone know if there is a difference in taste and usefulness between miswak taken from the root and that taken from the young stems? In other words, is one preferred over the other and which did our beloved Prophet

use (root or twig)?

08-15-2012, 11:24 AM	#8
Maypeevophy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 337 Senior Member	Siwaak and miswaak both mean the same thing, the twig that is used to clean teeth, but according to grammar, Siwaak is the masdar, its the original word from which the verb has been taken. It means to use the twig to clean teeth Miswaak is the object/tool which is used, as in the twig. But both words can be used sister. Does anyone know if there is a difference in taste and usefulness between miswak taken from the root and that taken from the young stems? In other words, is one preferred over the other and which did our beloved Prophet use (root or twig)?
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