How to say "stomping line dance (Arabic and Israeli Hebrew loanword)" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningstomping line dance (Arabic and Israeli Hebrew loanword)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
دَبْكَة
dabkaדבכה
دبكة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
דבקה
debkaدِبْكَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Arabic root
د-ب-كFrom dabaka, 'to stamp the feet' — the shared line dance of Levantine weddings and celebrations, danced to this day at Israeli-Arab and Druze events alike. Hebrew borrowed the word whole, respelling the ك as ק in everyday spelling.
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In a phrase
رَقَصُوا الدَّبْكَة
raqaṣū d-dabkaרקצו א-דבכהthey danced the dabka
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