How to say "lettuce" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaninglettuce
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خَسّ
khassח'ס
خس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חסה
khasaخَاسَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew חסה came in via Aramaic חסא — the same ancient Near Eastern lettuce word, found already in Akkadian ḫassū, that Arabic carries as khass.
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In a phrase
خَسّ طَازَج
khass ṭāzajח'ס טאזג'fresh lettuce