How to say "earring" in Arabic
New wordMeaningearring
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَلَق
ḥalaqחלק
حلق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עגיל
agilأَگِيل
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ح-ل-قNot related to עגיל — but it is the same root as this app's own 'throat' (ح-ل-ق, ḥalq): a ḥalaqa is simply 'a ring, a loop', so an earring is a ring for the ear the same way a ḥallāq, 'barber', literally 'makes smooth'. Three unrelated-looking English glosses, one Arabic root.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
حَلَق
ḥalaʾחלאCairo turns the qāf into a glottal stop: ḥalaʾ.
In a phrase
حَلَق ذَهَب
ḥalaq dhahabחלק ד'הבgold earrings