How to say "pants" in Arabic
New wordMeaningpants
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَنْطَلُون
banṭalūnבנטלון
بنطلون
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מכנסיים
mikhnasayimمِخْنَاسَايِم
How the two words are related
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Banṭalūn is Italian pantaloni gone native. The older Arabic word sirwāl is more fun for Hebrew speakers: it is usually traced to Persian shalwār, the same wander-word behind Aramaic סרבל in the Book of Daniel — which Modern Hebrew recycled as סרבל 'overalls'.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
بَنْطَلُون
banṭalōnבנטלוןCairo says banṭalōn.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
سرْوَال
serwālסרואלDarija's trousers are a serwāl.
In a phrase
لَبِسَ بَنْطَلُون أَسْوَد
labisa banṭalūn aswadלבס בנטלון אסודHe wore black pants.
Plural
بَنَاطِيل
banāṭīlבנאטילbroken plural CaCāCīC — like فُسْتَان→فَسَاتِين