How to say "ball" in Arabic
New wordMeaningball
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كُرَة
kuraכרה
كرة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כדור
kadurكَادُور
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ك-و-رLearn 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
كُورَة
kōraכורהWith a long ō: kōra — which is also just 'football'.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
كُورَة
kūraכורהWith a long ū: kūra.
In a phrase
كُرَة حَمْرَاء
kura ḥamrāʾכרה חמראאa red ball
Plural
كُرَات
kurātכראתsound feminine plural -āt