How to say "tomato" in Arabic
New wordMeaningtomato
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
طَمَاطِم
ṭamāṭimטמאטם
طماطم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
עגבניה
agvaniaأَگْڤَانِيَا
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
No Hebrew relative — ṭamāṭim, like English tomato, ultimately comes from Nahuatl tomatl by way of Spanish. Levantine street Arabic more often says بَنَدُورَة (banadūra), from Italian pomodoro.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
مَطِيشَة
maṭīshaמטישהDarija's tomato is maṭīsha.
In a phrase
سَلَطَة طَمَاطِم
salaṭat ṭamāṭimסלטת טמאטםtomato salad