How to say "cockroach" in Arabic
New wordMeaningcockroach
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
صُرْصُور
ṣurṣūrצרצור
صرصور
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תִּיקָן
tikanتِيكَان
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
صَرْصَار
ṣarṣārצרצארCairo: ṣarṣār.
In a phrase
صُرْصُور فِي الْمَطْبَخ
ṣurṣūr fī l-maṭbakhצרצור פי אל-מטבח'a cockroach in the kitchen
Plural
صَرَاصِير
ṣarāṣīrצראצירbroken plural CaCāCīC