How to say "wood" in Arabic

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Meaningwood

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

خَشَب

khashabח'שב

خشب

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

עץ

etsإِتْس

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خ-ش-ب

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Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

عُود
ʿūdעוד

Darija's wood is ʿūd — the MSA word for a stick or the lute.

In a phrase

طَاوِلَة مِن الْخَشَب
ṭāwila min al-khashabטאולה מן אל-ח'שב

a table made of wood

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