How to say "plate" in Arabic
New wordMeaningplate
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صَحْن
ṣaḥnצחן
صحن
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צלחת
tsalakhatتْسَالَاخَات
How the two words are related
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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
طَبَق
ṭabaʾטבאCairo says ṭabaʾ for a plate.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
طبْصِيل
ṭebṣīlטבצילA different word: ṭebṣīl is the Darija plate.
In a phrase
صَحْن حُمُّص
ṣaḥn ḥummuṣצחן חמץA plate of hummus.
Plural
صُحُون
ṣuḥūnצחוןbroken plural CuCūC — like سَقْف→سُقُوف