How to say "lamb" in Arabic
New wordMeaninglamb
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خَرُوف
kharūfח'רוף
خروف
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
טָלֶה
taleتَالِي
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
خ-ر-فLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
حَوْلِي
ḥawlīחוליDarija's sheep — the one bought for Eid — is a ḥawlī.
In a phrase
خَرُوف صَغِير
kharūf ṣaghīrח'רוף צע'ירa small lamb
Plural
خِرْفَان
khirfānח'רפאןbroken plural CiCCāC