“tablet” in Arabic dialects
noun
How do you say tablet across the major spoken Arabic dialects? Compare tablet (noun) sense by sense across 5 dialects — Egyptian, Levantine, Gulf, Iraqi, Maghrebi — with English meaning, native script, transliteration and usage.
What does “tablet” mean?
noun
- A slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
- A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- A small flat compressed cake of some substance“a tablet of soap”
English definitions from Princeton WordNet.
Quick comparison across dialects
| Dialect | Arabic (tablet) | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| Egyptian Arabic | برشامة | birshāma |
| Levantine Arabic | تابلت | tablet |
| Gulf Arabic | تابلت | tāblit |
| Iraqi Arabic | حَبّاية | ḥabbāya |
| Maghrebi Arabic | طابليت | ṭāblēt |
Full breakdown by dialect
Egyptian Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| برشامة | birshāma | a pill of medicine (colloquial) |
| قرص | ʾurṣ | a pill of medicine |
| تابلت | tablet | a portable computing device |
Levantine Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| تابلت | tablet | a portable computer device |
| حبّة | ḥabbe | a pill of medicine |
Gulf Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| تابلت | tāblit | a flat mobile computer |
| جهاز لوحي | jihāz lawḥī | a tablet device |
| حَبَّة | ḥabbah | a pill of medicine |
Iraqi Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| حَبّاية | ḥabbāya | a medicinal pill |
| تابلِت | tablet | an electronic tablet device |
Maghrebi Arabic
| Word (Arabic) | Transliteration | English sense / usage |
|---|---|---|
| طابليت | ṭāblēt | an electronic tablet device |
| كينة | kīna | a pill of medicine |
| فنيدة | fanīda | a small pill of medicine (Morocco) |
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