How to say "suitcase, bag" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsuitcase, bag
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَقِيبَة
ḥaqībaחקיבה
حقيبة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מזוודה
mizvadaمِزْڤَادَا
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
شَنْطَة
shanṭaשנטהThe everyday street word for a bag or suitcase; ḥaqība sounds more formal.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
شَنْطَة
shanṭaשנטהCairo, too, says shanṭa for any bag or suitcase.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
بَالِيزَة
bālīzaבאליזהFrom French valise: bālīza.
In a phrase
حَقِيبَة ثَقِيلَة
ḥaqība thaqīlaחקיבה ת'קילהa heavy suitcase
Plural
حَقَائِب
ḥaqāʾibחקאאבbroken plural CaCāʾiC — like خَرِيطَة→خَرَائِط