How to say "pencil sharpener" in Arabic
New wordMeaningpencil sharpener
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِبْرَاة
mibrāhמבראה
مبراة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מחדד
mekhadedمِخَادِد
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ب-ر-يLearn 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
بَرَّايِة
barrāyeבראיהThe everyday word is barrāye, 'the paring thing'.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
بَرَّايَة
barrāyaבראיהCairo says barrāya, too.
In a phrase
عِنْدَكَ مِبْرَاة؟
ʿindaka mibrāh?ענדך מבראה?Do you have a sharpener?