How to say "embarrassment, shame" in Arabic
New wordMeaningembarrassment, shame
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خَجَل
khajalח'ג'ל
خجل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מבוכה
mevukhaمِڤُوخَا
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Arabic root
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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
كُسُوف
kusūfכסוףA different word: kusūf is Cairo's embarrassment; maksūf, embarrassed.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حشْمَة
ḥeshmaחשמהA different word: ḥeshma is the Darija shame or shyness.
In a phrase
اِحْمَرَّ مِنَ الْخَجَل
iḥmarra min al-khajalאחמר מן אל-ח'ג'לhe blushed with embarrassment