How to say "winter" in Arabic
New wordMeaningwinter
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
شِتَاء
shitāʾשתאא
شتاء
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
חורף
khorefخُورِف
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.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
شِتَا
shitaשתאCairo: shita, hamza gone.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
شْتَا
shtāשתאDarija shtā is both winter and rain.
In a phrase
فَصْل الشِّتَاء
faṣl ash-shitāʾפצל א-שתאאthe winter season