How to say "eyebrow" in Arabic
New wordMeaningeyebrow
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَاجِب
ḥājibחאג'ב
حاجب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
גבה
gabaگَابَا
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ح-ج-بLearn 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
حَاجِب
ḥāgibחאגבHard g in Cairo: ḥāgib.
In a phrase
رَفَعَ حَاجِبَهُ
rafaʿa ḥājibahuרפע חאג'בהHe raised his eyebrow.
Plural
حَوَاجِب
ḥawājibחואג'בbroken plural CaCāCiC — like خاتم→خواتم