Arabic Food Translations

While cooking your Middle Eastern food, you may come across some words that need translated. Knowing these common Arabic food words will be very helpful, especially if you intend to travel or even while shopping at a Middle Eastern grocery store.

There are several dialects in the Arabic language. This guide will provide the most common translations of each word.

Vegetables and Fruits

Potatoes: batatta
Rice: ruz,rizz
Banana: muz, mauz
Dates: balah, hurma
Apple: seb, tuffah
Figs: tin
Grapes: einab, 'inab
Pomergranite: rumman
Lemon: laymun

Meats

Chicken: dajaj
Beef: Lahem baqir
Lamb: lahem kharouf
Fish: samak

Meal Courses

Appetizers: mezze
Breakfast:iftar
Lunch: gadaa
Dinner: ashaa
Dessert: halawiyat

Beverages

Tea: chai
Coffee: qahwa
Water: ma'a