How to say "fava beans" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfava beans
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فُول
fūlפול
فول
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פול
fulفُول
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ف-و-لHebrew root
פ-ו-לA clean three-for-three match, ف↔פ, و↔ו, ل↔ל: Arabic fūl is Hebrew פול, the broad bean paired with lentils in the famine-bread recipe of Ezekiel 4:9 — 'take wheat and barley, beans (פול) and lentils (עדשים), millet and spelt.' فول مدمس, slow-cooked fava beans, is Egypt's national breakfast.
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In a phrase
فُول مُدَمَّس
fūl mudammasפול מדמסstewed fava beans