How to say "silver" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsilver
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فِضَّة
fiḍḍaפצ'ה
فضة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כסף
kesefكِسِف
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ف-ض-ضLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
نقْرَة
neqraנקרהA different word: neqra is the Darija word for silver.
In a phrase
سِوَار مِن فِضَّة
siwār min fiḍḍaסואר מן פצ'הA silver bracelet.