How to say "flowerbed, garden bed; also: basin, trough" in Arabic
New wordMeaningflowerbed, garden bed; also: basin, trough
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حَوْض
ḥawḍחוצ'
حوض
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ערוגה
arugaأَرُوگَا
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Arabic root
ح-و-ضLearn 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
حُوض
ḥōḍחוץ'The aw flattens to ō; in Cairo a ḥōḍ is usually the bathroom sink or basin.
In a phrase
حَوْض زُهُور
ḥawḍ zuhūrחוצ' זהורa flowerbed
Plural
أَحْوَاض
aḥwāḍאחואצ'broken plural aCCāC