How to say "salad" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningsalad
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَلَطَة
salaṭaסלטה
سلطة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סלט
salatسَالَات
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew סלט and Arabic salaṭa both borrow the same Italian word insalata, 'salted greens' — parallel loans that happened to land almost identically in both languages.
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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
شْلَاضَة
shlāḍaשלאצ'הDarija's salad is shlāḍa, from Spanish ensalada.
In a phrase
سَلَطَة خَضْرَاء
salaṭa khaḍrāʾסלטה ח'צ'ראאgreen salad