How to say "boot" in Arabic
New wordMeaningboot
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَزْمَة
jazmaג'זמה
جزمة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מגף
magafمَاگَاف
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From Ottoman Turkish çizme, by way of Egyptian and Levantine Arabic — a classic wanderword, like بَنْطَلُون and فُسْتَان already in this app. Israeli Hebrew's מגף is unrelated, an independent native coinage, so the two boots never actually met.
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Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
جَزْمَة
gazmaגזמהIn Cairo gazma is simply a shoe, any shoe — not specifically a boot.
In a phrase
جَزْمَة شِتَاء
jazmat shitāʾג'זמת שתאאwinter boots
Plural
جِزَم
jizamג'זםbroken plural CiCaC