How to say "shoes" in Arabic
New wordMeaningshoes
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حِذَاء
ḥidhāʾחד'אא
حذاء
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
נעליים
na'alayimنَاءَالَايِم
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ح-ذ-وLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
كُنْدَرَة
kundaraכנדרהFrom Turkish; ṣubbāṭ is also heard in the Levant.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
جَزْمَة
gazmaגזמהA different word: gazma, from Turkish çizme.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
صبَّاط
ṣebbāṭצבאטDarija uses ṣebbāṭ, the word heard as an alternative in the Levant.
In a phrase
لَبِسَ الْحِذَاء
labisa al-ḥidhāʾלבס אל-חד'אאHe put on the shoes.