How to say "scarf" in Arabic
New wordMeaningscarf
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
وِشَاح
wishāḥושאח
وشاح
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צעיף
tsa'ifتْسَائِيف
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
شَال
shālשאלThe everyday word for a neck scarf — the same wander-word as English shawl; wishāḥ is more of a formal sash.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
شَال
shālשאלCairo, too, says shāl.
In a phrase
وِشَاح حَرِير
wishāḥ ḥarīrושאח חרירa silk scarf
Plural
أَوْشِحَة
awshiḥaאושחהbroken plural ʾaCCiCa — like حِزَام→أَحْزِمَة