How to say "figs" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfigs
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تِين
tīnתין
تين
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תאנים
te'enimتِئِنِيم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ت-ي-نHebrew root
ת-א-נHebrew תאנה and Arabic tīn share the old Semitic fig word: Hebrew kept the glottal א in the middle, Arabic smoothed it into a long ī.
Related Hebrew word:תאנהte'enaتِئِينَا
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
كرْمُوس
kermūsכרמוסDarija's figs are kermūs.
In a phrase
تِين وَزَيْتُون
tīn wa-zaytūnתין וזיתוןfigs and olives