How to say "horse" in Arabic
New wordMeaninghorse
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حِصَان
ḥiṣānחצאן
حصان
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סוס
susسُوس
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ح-ص-نLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
عَوْد
ʿawdעודA different word: ʿawd is the Darija horse.
In a phrase
حِصَان سَرِيع
ḥiṣān sarīʿחצאן סריעa fast horse