How to say "husk, peel, shell" in Arabic
New wordMeaninghusk, peel, shell
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
قِشْرَة
qishraקשרה
قشرة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קליפה
klipaكْلِيپَا
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Arabic root
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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
قِشْرَة
ʾishraאשרהCairo turns the qāf into a glottal stop: ʾishra.
In a phrase
قِشْرَة سَمِيكَة
qishra samīkaקשרה סמיכהa thick peel
Plural
قُشُور
qushūrקשורbroken plural CuCūC