How to say "a kiss (colloquial Arabic and Israeli slang)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaninga kiss (colloquial Arabic and Israeli slang)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَوْسَة
bawsaבוסה
بوسة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בוסה
busaبُوسَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
ب-و-سColloquial Arabic's everyday word for a kiss (MSA reaches for قُبْلَة instead); Israeli Hebrew borrowed it unchanged, and תן לי בוסה is nursery-school Hebrew across the country.
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In a phrase
بَوْسَة عَلَى الْخَدّ
bawsa ʿalā l-khaddבוסה עלא אל-ח'דa kiss on the cheek
Plural
بَوْسَات
bawsātבוסאתsound feminine plural -āt
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