How to say "fingernail, nail" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfingernail, nail
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ظُفْر
ẓufrט'פר
ظفر
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ציפורן
tsiporenتْسِيپُورِن
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ظ-ف-رHebrew root
צ-פ-ר-נẒufr is Hebrew צפרן with the regular ظ↔צ match (as in ظهر/צהריים); the extra Hebrew ן is a fossilized suffix, the same kind you see tacked onto other small nouns.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
ضُفْر
ḍufrצ'פרظ becomes ḍ in Cairo: ḍufr.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
ضْفر
ḍferצ'פרDarija: ḍfer.
In a phrase
طِلَاء الْأَظْفَار
ṭilāʾ al-aẓfārטלאא אל-אט'פארnail polish
Plural
أَظْفَار
aẓfārאט'פארbroken plural aCCāC — like باب→أبواب