How to say "oval" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningoval

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

بَيْضَاوِيّ

bayḍāwiyyביצ'אוי

بيضاوي

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

סגלגל

sgalgalسْگَالْگَال

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ب-ي-ض

Hebrew root

ב-י-צ

Both languages independently built 'oval' out of their word for 'egg' on the very same root: Arabic bayḍāwiyy from بيضة, Hebrew ביצתי (beitsati) from ביצה — and ض/צ is the regular sound match, so this is as solid as cognates get.

Related Hebrew word:ביצתיbeitsatiبِيتْسَاتِي

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In a phrase

وَجْه بَيْضَاوِيّ

wajh bayḍāwiyyוג'ה ביצ'אוי

an oval face

Feminine

بَيْضَاوِيَّة

bayḍāwiyyaביצ'אויה

More words from this root

eggbayḍaبَيْضَةביצה
whiteabyaḍأَبْيَضלבן