How to say "smart, clever" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsmart, clever
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ذَكِيّ
dhakiyyד'כי
ذكي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פיקח
pikeakhپِيكِيَاخ
How the two words are related
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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
ذَكِي
zakiזכיذ becomes z in Cairo: zaki.
In a phrase
طَالِبَة ذَكِيَّة
ṭāliba dhakiyyaטאלבה ד'כיהa clever student
Feminine
ذَكِيَّة
dhakiyyaד'כיה