How to say "crab" in Arabic
CognateMeaningcrab
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سَرَطَان
saraṭānסרטאן
سرطان
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
סַרְטָן
sartanسَارْتَان
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
س-ر-ط-نHebrew root
ס-ר-ט-ןSaraṭān is sartan exactly, and the double meaning travels too: in both languages the same word names the crab and the disease it was fancied to resemble, and both also use it for the zodiac sign Cancer.
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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
كَابُورْيَا
kabūryaכאבוריאCairo's crab is kabūrya; saraṭān there means cancer.
In a phrase
سَرَطَان فِي الْبَحْر
saraṭān fī l-baḥrסרטאן פי אל-בחרa crab in the sea
Plural
سَرَطَانَات
saraṭānātסרטאנאתsound feminine plural -āt