How to say "hen, chicken" in Arabic
New wordMeaninghen, chicken
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
دَجَاجَة
dajājaדג'אג'ה
دجاجة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תַּרְנְגֹלֶת
tarnegoletتَارْنِگُولِت
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
فَرْخَة
farkhaפרח'הCairo's chicken is a farkha — MSA farkh is a chick.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
دْجَاجَة
djājaדג'אג'הDarija: djāja, the first vowel gone.
In a phrase
دَجَاجَة بَيْضَاء
dajāja bayḍāʾדג'אג'ה ביצ'אאa white hen
Plural
دَجَاجَات
dajājātדג'אג'אתsound feminine plural -āt