How to say "mustache" in Arabic
New wordMeaningmustache
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
شَارِب
shāribשארב
شارب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שפם
safamسَافَام
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.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
شْوَارِب
shwāribשוארבOften heard in the plural shape even for one mustache.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
شَنَب
shanabשנבCairo's mustache is shanab.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
شْلَاغم
shlāghemשלאע'םDarija's mustache is shlāghem.
In a phrase
لَهُ شَارِب كَبِير
lahu shārib kabīrלה שארב כבירHe has a big mustache.