How to say "mouse" in Arabic
New wordMeaningmouse
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَأْر
faʾrפאר
فأر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עַכְבָּר
akhbarأَخْبَار
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
فَار
fārפארCairo: fār, the hamza gone.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
فَار
fārפארDarija: fār.
In a phrase
فَأْر صَغِير
faʾr ṣaghīrפאר צע'ירa small mouse
Plural
فِئْرَان
fiʾrānפאראןbroken plural CiCCāC