How to say "potato" in Arabic
New wordMeaningpotato
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَطَاطَا
baṭāṭāבטאטא
بطاطا
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תפוח אדמה
tapuakh adamaتَاپُوَاخ أَدَامَا
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No Hebrew relative — baṭāṭā and English potato both descend from Taíno batata by way of Spanish. Hebrew תפוח אדמה, 'earth-apple', is instead a calque of German/Yiddish Erdapfel.
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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
بَطَاطِس
baṭāṭisבטאטסCairo's potato is baṭāṭis; baṭāṭa there is a sweet potato.
In a phrase
بَطَاطَا مَقْلِيَّة
baṭāṭā maqliyyaבטאטא מקלייהfried potatoes