How to say "chick" in Arabic
CognateMeaningchick
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَرْخ
farkhפרח'
فرخ
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אֶפְרוֹחַ
efroakhإِفْرُوَاخ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ف-ر-خHebrew root
פ-ר-חFarkh shares the root p-r-ḥ with Hebrew efroaḥ, 'to sprout, hatch, burst forth' — the same root that gives פרח, 'flower'. Hebrew just added a prosthetic א up front. A chick, etymologically, is something that sprouts from the egg.
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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
كَتْكُوت
katkūtכתכותCairo's chick is a katkūt; farkha is the grown hen.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
فلُّوس
fellūsפלוסDarija's chick is a fellūs.
In a phrase
فَرْخ صَغِير
farkh ṣaghīrפרח' צע'ירa small chick
Plural
فِرَاخ
firākhפראח'broken plural CiCāC