How to say "bat (animal)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningbat (animal)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
خُفَّاش
khuffāshח'פאש
خفاش
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עֲטַלֵּף
atalefأَتَالِف
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
خ-ف-شLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
وِطْوَاط
wiṭwāṭוטואטCairo's bat is a wiṭwāṭ; khuffāsh is the book word.
In a phrase
خُفَّاش أَسْوَد
khuffāsh aswadח'פאש אסודa black bat
Plural
خَفَافِيش
khafāfīshח'פאפישbroken plural CaCāCīC