How to say "carrot" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningcarrot
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَزَرَة
jazaraג'זרה
جزرة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
גזר
gezerگِزِر
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Modern Hebrew גזר is generally traced to Arabic jazar, which Arabic itself took from Persian. That it landed on the same letters as the native root ג-ז-ר 'to cut' is a lucky coincidence.
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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
خِيزُّو
khīzzuח'יזוDarija's carrot is khīzzu, a word from Berber.
In a phrase
عَصِير جَزَر
ʿaṣīr jazarעציר ג'זרcarrot juice
Plural
جَزَر
jazarג'זרcollective — one carrot is جَزَرَة, carrots in bulk are جَزَر, the form Hebrew borrowed