How to say "dates" in Arabic
CognateMeaningdates
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تَمْر
tamrתמר
تمر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תמרים
tmarimتْمَارِيم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ت-م-رHebrew root
ת-מ-רHebrew תמר — the palm, the fruit, and the name Tamar — is exactly Arabic tamr, dried dates. In Hebrew letters the Arabic word spells תמר, no assembly required.
Related Hebrew word:תמרtamarتَامَار
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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
بَلَح
balaḥבלחCairo's dates are balaḥ; tamr means the dried ones.
In a phrase
قَهْوَة وَتَمْر
qahwa wa-tamrקהוה ותמרcoffee and dates