How to say "worm" in Arabic
False friendMeaningworm
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
دُودَة
dūdaדודה
دودة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תּוֹלַעַת
tola'atتُولَاءَات
How the two words are related
False friend
Sounds like a Hebrew word but means something else — handle with care.
Arabic root
د-و-دDūda sounds exactly like Hebrew דּוֹדָה (doda), 'aunt' — a pure sound-alike trap with zero etymological connection. The real Hebrew word for worm, tolaʿat, comes from a completely different root.
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In a phrase
دُودَة فِي التُّفَّاحَة
dūda fī t-tuffāḥaדודה פי א-תפאחהa worm in the apple
Plural
دُودَات
dūdātדודאתsound feminine plural -āt; the collective dūd also works for 'worms' in general