How to say "soil, earth (for planting)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsoil, earth (for planting)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
تُرْبَة
turbaתרבה
تربة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
אדמה
adamaأَدَامَا
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
ت-ر-بLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
تُرَاب
turābתראבEveryday speech says turāb for plain dirt/earth; turba leans formal or scientific ('soil' in an agronomy sense).
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
تُرَاب
turābתראבCairo, too, says turāb for dirt or earth.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
تْرَاب
trābתראבDarija drops the first vowel: trāb.
In a phrase
تُرْبَة خَصْبَة
turba khaṣbaתרבה ח'צבהfertile soil