How to say "fruit" in Arabic
New wordMeaningfruit
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَاكِهَة
fākihaפאכהה
فاكهة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פרי
priپْرِي
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ف-ك-هLearn it
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
فَكْهَة
fakhaפכההCairo says fakha, dropping the middle vowel.
In a phrase
فَاكِهَة طَازَجَة
fākiha ṭāzajaפאכהה טאזג'הfresh fruit
Plural
فَوَاكِه
fawākihפואכהbroken plural — the collective everyday word, as on any fruit-seller's sign