How to Say "Baker" in Arabic - How To Say Guide

خَبَّاز

ḵabbāzmasculine

In Arabic, the word for baker is خَبَّاز (ḵabbāz). Wiktionary also lists خَبَّازَة (ḵabbāza) and فَرَّان (farrān).

Meaning: person who bakes and sells bread, etc (noun)

Ways to say it

The term refers to a person who bakes and sells bread, etc.

The word خَبَّاز is derived from a root meaning 'to bake'.

In Modern Standard Arabic, خَبَّاز and فَرَّان can be used interchangeably.

To refer to a female baker, use the feminine forms خَبَّازَة (the feminine of خَبَّاز) or فَرَّانَة (the feminine of فَرَّان).

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Across the Arab world, bread is often called عيش in Egypt, which literally means 'life', though the baker is still called خَبَّاز.
In some traditional communities, the neighborhood baker acted as a social hub where people brought their own dough to be baked in the communal oven.
The grammatical pattern of خَبَّاز is called 'intensive', which implies that the person doesn't just bake occasionally but does it as a professional or habitual trade.

يعمل والدي كـخباز.
My father works as a baker.
هُوَ خَبَّازٌ مَاهِرٌ جِدًّا.
huwa khabbāzun māhirun jiddan.
He is a very skilled baker.
أَعْرِفُ خَبَّازًا فِي هَذَا الشَّارِعِ.
a'rifu khabbāzan fī hādhā ash-shāri'.',
I know a baker on this street.
هَذَا الرَّجُلُ خَبَّازٌ مُعْرُوفٌ.
hādhā ar-rajulu khabbāzun ma'rūf.
This man is a well-known baker.

Nour and Omar are walking through a neighborhood in the morning.

نور Nour

هَلْ تَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْخَبَّازَ؟
hal ta'rifu hādhā al-khabbāz?
Do you know this baker?
عمر Omar

نَعَمْ، هُوَ خَبَّازٌ طَيِّبٌ جِدًّا.
na'am, huwa khabbāzun tayyibun jiddan.
Yes, he is a very kind baker.
نور Nour

خُبْزُهُ لَذِيذٌ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
khubzuhu ladhīdhun kulla yawm.
His bread is delicious every day.
عمر Omar

صَحِيحٌ، نَشْتَرِي مِنْ عِنْدِهِ دَائِمًا.
sahīh, nashtarī min 'indihi dā'iman.
True, we always buy from him.

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