How to say "coriander, cilantro" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningcoriander, cilantro
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
كُزْبَرَة
kuzbaraכזברה
كزبرة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כוסברה
kusbaraكُوسْبَارَا
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Not a modern borrowing: Mishnaic Hebrew already has כוסבר (kusbar), and the plant name is far older than either language (Akkadian has kisibirru). Modern כוסברה is that Mishnaic word with a final -a, probably under the influence of Arabic kuzbara. The ס/ز difference is typical of a traveling culture word rather than an inheritance by regular sound law.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
قصْبُور
qeṣbūrקצבורDarija's coriander is qeṣbūr.
In a phrase
كُزْبَرَة خَضْرَاء
kuzbara khaḍrāʾכזברה ח'צ'ראאfresh coriander