How to say "egg" in Arabic
CognateMeaningegg
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بَيْضَة
bayḍaביצ'ה
بيضة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ביצה
beitsaبِيتْسَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ب-ي-ضHebrew root
ב-י-צHebrew ביצה and Arabic bayḍa are a textbook match: Arabic ض regularly turns into Hebrew צ, just like أرض/ארץ.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
بَيْضَة
bēḍaביצ'הThe ay diphthong flattens to ē in urban dialects: bēḍa.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
بَيْضَة
bēḍaביצ'הSame in Cairo: bēḍa.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
بِيضَة
bīḍaביצ'הDarija: bīḍa, with ī for ay.
In a phrase
بَيْضَة مَسْلُوقَة
bayḍa maslūqaביצ'ה מסלוקהa boiled egg
Plural
بَيْضَات
bayḍātביצ'אתsound feminine plural -āt for counting; بَيْض (bayḍ) is the collective for eggs in bulk