How to say "walnut" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningwalnut
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَوْز
jawzג'וז
جوز
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אגוז
egozإِگُوز
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Not a Semitic cognate but a shared journey: both Arabic jawz and Hebrew אגוז trace back to the same Persian word gōz for the walnut tree, borrowed independently into each language — Hebrew simply added a prosthetic א in front.
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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
عِين جَمَل
ʿēn gamalעין גמלCairo's walnut is ʿēn gamal, 'camel's eye'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
گرْگَاع
gergāʿגרגאעDarija's walnut is gergāʿ, with hard g's.
In a phrase
جَوْز وَلَوْز
jawz wa-lawzג'וז ולוזwalnuts and almonds