How to say "cockroach" in Arabic

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Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

صُرْصُور

ṣurṣūrצרצור

صرصور

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

תִּיקָן

tikanتِيكَان

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Arabic root

ص-ر-ص-ر

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Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

صَرْصَار
ṣarṣārצרצאר

Cairo: ṣarṣār.

In a phrase

صُرْصُور فِي الْمَطْبَخ
ṣurṣūr fī l-maṭbakhצרצור פי אל-מטבח'

a cockroach in the kitchen

Plural

صَرَاصِير
ṣarāṣīrצראציר

broken plural CaCāCīC

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