How to say "mud, clay" in Arabic
New wordMeaningmud, clay
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
طِين
ṭīnטין
طين
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
טיט
titتِيت
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ط-ي-نLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
غِيس
ghīsע'יסDarija's mud is ghīs.
In a phrase
بَيْت مِن طِين
bayt min ṭīnבית מן טיןa house of mud-brick