How to say "pimp, lowlife (Arabic, vulgar) → thug, delinquent stereotype (Israeli slang, derogatory)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningpimp, lowlife (Arabic, vulgar) → thug, delinquent stereotype (Israeli slang, derogatory)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَرْص
ʿarṣערץ
عرص
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ערס
arsأَرْس
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ع-ر-صA serious insult in Arabic, historically 'pimp' or 'cuckold'; Israeli slang watered it down to a general-purpose 'thug, lowlife' and flattened the emphatic ص to ס. Pure coincidence, but this app's wedding entry (عُرْس, ʿurs) also transliterates to ערס — two completely unrelated words (ص vs. س) that happen to collide in Hebrew spelling.
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In a phrase
شَابّ عَرْص
shābb ʿarṣשאב ערץa thuggish guy
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