How to say "violin" in Arabic
New wordMeaningviolin
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كَمَان
kamānכמאן
كمان
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כינור
kinorكِينُور
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
كَمَنْجَة
kamangaכמנגהThe Persian loan kamanga is the everyday Cairo word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
كَمَنْجَة
kamanjaכמנג'הThe Persian loan kamanja is the word in Moroccan music.
In a phrase
عَزَفَ عَلَى الْكَمَان
ʿazafa ʿalā l-kamānעזף עלא אל-כמאןHe played the violin.