How to say "stork" in Arabic
New wordMeaningstork
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
لَقْلَق
laqlaqלקלק
لقلق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חֲסִידָה
khasidaخَاسِيدَا
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ل-ق-ل-قNo relation — laqlaq is onomatopoeic, imitating the stork's bill-clattering, while Hebrew khasida ('the pious one') comes from a folk belief that storks care for their aging parents.
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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
بلَّارج
bellārejבלארג'Darija's stork is a bellārej.
In a phrase
لَقْلَق أَبْيَض
laqlaq abyaḍלקלק אביצ'a white stork
Plural
لَقَالِق
laqāliqלקאלקbroken plural CaCāCiC