How to say "okra" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningokra
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَامِيَة
bāmiyaבאמיה
بامية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
במיה
bamyaبَامْيَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew במיה is a direct loan of Arabic bāmya ; the Arabic word's own deeper origin is uncertain.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مْلُوخِيَّة
mlūkhiyaמלוח'יהIn Darija okra is mlūkhiya — a name that in Egypt means the jute-leaf stew.
In a phrase
بَامِيَة وَأَرُزّ
bāmiya wa-aruzzבאמיה וארזokra and rice