How to say "fog" in Arabic
New wordMeaningfog
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ضَبَاب
ḍabābצ'באב
ضباب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ערפל
arafelأَرَافِل
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Arabic root
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On the street
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Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
شَبُّورَة
shabbūraשבורהCairo's fog is shabbūra.
In a phrase
ضَبَاب كَثِيف
ḍabāb kathīfצ'באב כת'יףthick fog