How to say "rice" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningrice
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَرُزّ
aruzzארז
أرز
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אורז
orezأُورِز
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Two branches of the same ancient wandering loanword: the old Asian rice word that gave Greek óryza produced both Hebrew אורז (already in the Mishna) and Arabic aruzz — and, further west, English rice.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
رُزّ
ruzzרזSpoken Levantine drops the initial vowel: ruzz.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
رُزّ
ruzzרזCairo drops the initial vowel too: ruzz.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
رُوز
rūzרוזDarija: rūz.
In a phrase
أَرُزّ بِحَلِيب
aruzz bi-ḥalībארז בחליבrice pudding (rice with milk)