How to say "belt" in Arabic
New wordMeaningbelt
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حِزَام
ḥizāmחזאם
حزام
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חגורה
khagoraخَاگُورَا
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.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
سمْطَة
semṭaסמטהDarija's belt is a semṭa.
In a phrase
حِزَام الْأَمَان
ḥizām al-amānחזאם אל-אמאןthe seatbelt
Plural
أَحْزِمَة
aḥzimaאחזמהbroken plural ʾaCCiCa — like وِشَاح→أَوْشِحَة