How to say "forehead" in Arabic
New wordMeaningforehead
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَبْهَة
jabhaג'בהה
جبهة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מצח
metsakhمِتْسَاخ
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ج-ب-هLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
قُورَة
ʾūraאורהCairo's forehead is ʾūra.
In a phrase
قَبَّلَ جَبْهَتَهَا
qabbala jabhatahāקבל ג'בהתהאHe kissed her forehead.
Plural
جِبَاه
jibāhג'באהbroken plural CiCāC — like جبل→جبال