How to say "bull, ox" in Arabic
CognateMeaningbull, ox
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ثَوْر
thawrת'ור
ثور
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שׁוֹר
shorشُور
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ث-و-رHebrew root
ש-ו-רThawr is shor exactly, with the regular ث↔ש correspondence — the same pair as thalāth/shalosh (three). The zodiac sign Taurus is thawr in Arabic astrology too, same bull.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
تَوْر
tawrתורث becomes t in Levantine, the same shift you already know from taʿlab (fox): tawr.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
تَوْر
tōrתורCairo: tōr, with th → t and aw → ō.
In a phrase
ثَوْر قَوِيّ
thawr qawiyyת'ור קוייa strong bull
Plural
ثِيرَان
thīrānת'יראןbroken plural CiCāC