How to say "falcon" in Arabic
New wordMeaningfalcon
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صَقْر
ṣaqrצקר
صقر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בַּז
bazبَاز
How the two words are related
New word
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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.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
صَقْر
ṣaʾrצארMedial ق becomes a glottal stop, written with ʾ in Latin and א in Hebrew, the same pattern as baqara→baʾara (cow): ṣaʾr.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
صَقْر
ṣaʾrצארSame glottal stop in Cairo: ṣaʾr.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
صْقر
ṣqerצקרDarija keeps the q: ṣqer.
In a phrase
صَقْر سَرِيع
ṣaqr sarīʿצקר סריעa fast falcon
Plural
صُقُور
ṣuqūrצקורbroken plural CuCūC