How to say "stone" in Arabic
New wordMeaningstone
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَجَر
ḥajarחג'ר
حجر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אבן
evenإِڤِن
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ح-ج-رLearn it
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
حَجَر
ḥagarחגרHard g in Cairo: ḥagar.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حْجر
ḥjerחג'רDarija: ḥjer.
In a phrase
حَجَر كَبِير
ḥajar kabīrחג'ר כבירa big stone
Plural
أَحْجَار
aḥjārאחג'ארbroken plural aCCāC — like سوق→أسواق