How to say "mouse (computer)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningmouse (computer)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَأْرَة
faʾraפארה
فأرة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עכבר
akhbarأَخْبَار
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
ف-أ-رNo Hebrew relative — עכבר and faʾr/faʾra come from entirely different roots. Faʾra is simply the feminine singular of faʾr, 'mouse' (already in this app as an animal); Arabic reused the household rodent for the desktop one, exactly as English did.
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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
مَاوْس
māwsמאוסThe English loan is what Cairo says.
In a phrase
فَأْرَة الْحَاسُوب لَا تَعْمَل
faʾrat al-ḥāsūb lā taʿmalפארת אל-חאסוב לא תעמלThe computer mouse isn't working.
Plural
فَأَرَات
faʾarātפאראתsound feminine plural -āt (for the device).