How to say "whale" in Arabic
New wordMeaningwhale
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
حُوت
ḥūtחות
حوت
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
לִוְיָתָן
livyatanلِڤْيَاتَان
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Arabic root
ح-و-تLearn it
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حُوت
ḥūtחותIn Darija ḥūt means fish in general; a whale is a bālīna, from French baleine.
In a phrase
حُوت ضَخْم
ḥūt ḍakhmחות צ'ח'םa huge whale
Plural
حِيتَان
ḥītānחיתאןbroken plural CiCāC