How to say "mosquito" in Arabic
New wordMeaningmosquito
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَعُوضَة
baʿūḍaבעוצ'ה
بعوضة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
יַתּוּשׁ
yatushيَاتُوش
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
نَامُوسَة
nāmūsaנאמוסהCairo's mosquito is a nāmūsa; the net over the bed is a nāmūsiyya.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
نَامُوسَة
nāmūsaנאמוסהDarija: nāmūsa.
In a phrase
بَعُوضَة مُزْعِجَة
baʿūḍa muzʿijaבעוצ'ה מזעג'הan annoying mosquito
Plural
بَعُوضَات
baʿūḍātבעוצ'אתsound feminine plural -āt; the collective baʿūḍ also works for 'mosquitoes' in general