How to say "salt" in Arabic
CognateMeaningsalt
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِلْح
milḥמלח
ملح
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מלח
melakhمِلَاخ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
م-ل-حHebrew root
מ-ל-חIdentical root m-l-ḥ on both sides: Hebrew מלח, Arabic milḥ. Written in Hebrew letters, the Arabic word simply spells מלח.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
ملْحَة
melḥaמלחהDarija: melḥa, with a feminine ending.
In a phrase
مِلْح وَفُلْفُل
milḥ wa-fulfulמלח ופלפלsalt and pepper