How to say "room" in Arabic
New wordMeaningroom
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
غُرْفَة
ghurfaע'רפה
غرفة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חדר
khederخِدِر
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
أُوضَة
ūḍaאוצ'הFrom Turkish oda; ghurfe is also heard.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
أُوضَة
ōḍaאוצ'הThe same Turkish loan as in the Levant, said ōḍa in Cairo.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
بِيت
bītביתIn Darija bīt is a room; the house is dār.
In a phrase
الْغُرْفَة وَاسِعَة
al-ghurfa wāsiʿaאל-ע'רפה ואסעהThe room is spacious.
Plural
غُرَف
ghurafע'רףbroken plural CuCaC — like صُورَة→صُوَر