How to say "traffic, congestion" in Arabic
New wordMeaningtraffic, congestion
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
اِزْدِحَام
izdiḥāmאזדחאם
ازدحام
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פקק תנועה
pkak tnu'aپْكَاك تْنُوءَا
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Arabic root
ز-ح-مLearn 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
زَحْمَة
zaḥmaזחמהThe everyday street word for crowding or traffic; izdiḥām is the formal MSA noun.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
زَحْمَة
zaḥmaזחמהCairo's word for its famous traffic is zaḥma.
In a phrase
اِزْدِحَام شَدِيد
izdiḥām shadīdאזדחאם שדידheavy traffic