How to say "apple" in Arabic
CognateMeaningapple
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تُفَّاحَة
tuffāḥaתפאחה
تفاحة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תפוח
tapuakhتَاپُوَاخ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ت-ف-حHebrew root
נ-פ-חHebrew תפוח and Arabic tuffāḥ are the same fruit word, traditionally tied to a root meaning 'to breathe out (fragrance)' — Hebrew נ-פ-ח. Say tuffāḥa and you can hear תפוח inside it.
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In a phrase
تُفَّاحَة حَمْرَاء
tuffāḥa ḥamrāʾתפאחה חמראאa red apple
Plural
تُفَّاحَات
tuffāḥātתפאחאתsound feminine plural -āt; تُفَّاح (tuffāḥ) is the collective for apples in bulk