How to say "octopus" in Arabic
New wordMeaningoctopus
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أُخْطُبُوط
ukhṭubūṭאח'טבוט
أخطبوط
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תַּמָּנוּן
tamnunتَامْنُون
How the two words are related
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No relation — Arabic ukhṭubūṭ ultimately echoes Greek oktōpous ('eight-foot'), while Hebrew tamanun was independently built from תמניא, the Aramaic form of 'eight' (Hebrew שמונה). Two languages, the same anatomical joke, different roots.
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In a phrase
أُخْطُبُوط فِي الْبَحْر
ukhṭubūṭ fī l-baḥrאח'טבוט פי אל-בחרan octopus in the sea
Plural
أُخْطُبُوطَات
ukhṭubūṭātאח'טבוטאתsound feminine plural -āt