How to say "thigh" in Arabic
CognateMeaningthigh
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وَرِك
warikורך
ورك
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ירך
yarekhيَارِخ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
و-ر-كHebrew root
י-ר-כWarik ↔ ירך shows the regular initial و↔י shift — the same swap already met in وَرَق/יָרָק, 'leaf/vegetable'. The Genesis oath 'put your hand under my thigh' (תחת ירכי) uses this exact word.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
فَخْد
fakhdפח'דThe everyday word is fakhd; warik is anatomical.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
فْخد
fkhedפח'דDarija: fkhed.
In a phrase
أَلَم فِي الْوَرِك
alam fī l-warikאלם פי אל-ורךpain in the thigh (hip)
Plural
أَوْرَاك
awrākאוראךbroken plural aCCāC — like باب→أبواب