How to Say "Dolphin" in Arabic

دُلْفِين

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The English word dolphin is دُلْفِين (dulfīn) in Arabic. Wiktionary also lists دَرْفِيل (darfīl) and دُخَس (duḵas).

Meaning: aquatic mammal (noun)

Ways to say it

The term refers to an aquatic mammal.

The form دُلْفِين is the most common and widely recognized term for dolphin in Modern Standard Arabic. Other forms include دَرْفِيل and دُخَس.

In Egyptian Arabic, the term used for dolphin is الدولفين.

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The word دُلْفِين is a loanword that entered Arabic through Greek, rather than being a root word derived from the traditional three-letter Arabic system.
In Arabic literature and poetry, the dolphin is sometimes grouped with the حوت (whale) because ancient Arabic classifications often used the same word for all large sea mammals.
Because دُلْفِين is a relatively modern adoption, using older terms like دُخَس can make a speaker sound like they are reciting classical poetry.

أحب الدولفين. لديهم ألوان رائعة وهم مخلوقات ذكية.
I love dolphins. They have beautiful colors and are intelligent creatures.
يعتبر الدلفين حيوانًا بحريًا ثديًا يعيش في المحيطات والبحار.
The dolphin is a marine mammal that lives in oceans and seas.
هَذَا دُلْفِين ذَكِيٌّ جِدًّا.
hadha dulfin dhakiy jiddan.
This is a very intelligent dolphin.
هَلْ تُحِبُّ السِّبَاحَةَ مَعَ دُلْفِين؟
hal tuhibbu al-sibaha ma'a dulfin?
Do you like swimming with a dolphin?

Sara and Omar are at the aquarium watching a show.

سارة Sara

انْظُرْ، هُنَاكَ دُلْفِين جَمِيلٌ!
unzur, hunaka dulfin jamil!
Look, there is a beautiful dolphin!
عمر Omar

نَعَمْ، إِنَّهُ كَبِيرٌ جِدًّا يَا سَارَةُ.
na'am, innahu kabir jiddan ya Sara.
Yes, it is very big, Sara.
سارة Sara

هَلْ يَقْفِزُ الدُّلْفِينُ الآنَ؟
hal yaqfizu al-dulfin al-ana?
Is the dolphin jumping now?
عمر Omar

لَا، سَيَقْفِزُ بَعْدَ قَلِيلٍ.
la, sayaqfizu ba'da qalil.
No, it will jump in a little while.

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