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دل · قَلْب — heart

Different wordCertainnoun · Body & health · everyday

The two languages use unrelated words here.

Arabic

قَلْب
qalb

/qalb/

In Arabic

heart

Persian

دل
del

/del/

In Persian

heart

Root
ق ل ب

Note. Persian also uses qalb, for the heart as an organ and in formal speech; del is the everyday word and the seat of feeling.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Wehr

Same root ق ل ب