How to Say "Ketchup" in Arabic

عَصِير الْبَنْدُورَة

ʕaṣīr al-bandūramasculine

The English phrase ketchup can be translated into Arabic as عَصِير الْبَنْدُورَة (ʕaṣīr al-bandūra) or كَتْشَب.

Meaning: tomato-vinegar based sauce (noun)

Ways to say it

“ketchup” in Arabic
Arabic	Romanization (Wiktionary)	Note
عَصِير الْبَنْدُورَة	ʕaṣīr al-bandūra	masculine
كَتْشَب	katšab	masculine

In Arabic, you can refer to this tomato-vinegar based sauce using either a descriptive term or a direct loanword.

While عَصِير الْبَنْدُورَة is a descriptive term for tomato juice, كَتْشَب is the direct loanword used for the specific condiment ketchup.

The loanword كَتْشَب is commonly used in casual, everyday speech. For a more formal way to say ketchup, you can use صلصة الكاتشب.

ʕaṣīr al-bandūra

The term بَنْدُورَة is believed by some linguists to be derived from the Italian word pomodoro via Ottoman Turkish influence.
In many Arabic-speaking countries, if you ask for عَصِير الْبَنْدُورَة (tomato juice) in a restaurant, they might bring you a drink to sip through a straw rather than a condiment for your fries.
The word بَنْدُورَة (tomato) is used in many Levantine dialects, but in Egypt, you would more likely hear the word طَمَاطِم used in the descriptive phrase instead.

Layla and Ahmed are eating lunch together.

ليلى Layla

أَحْمَد، أَيْنَ عَصِير الْبَنْدُورَة؟
Ahmed, ayna 'asīr al-bandūrah?
Ahmed, where is the ketchup?
أحمد Ahmed

إِنَّهُ عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ يَا لَيْلَى.
Innahu 'alā al-tāwilah yā Laylā.
It is on the table, Layla.
ليلى Layla

لَمْ أَجِدْهُ هُنَا.
Lam ajid-hu hunā.
I didn't find it here.
أحمد Ahmed

سَأُعْطِيكِ الزُّجَاجَةَ الآن.
Sa-u'tīki al-zujājah al-ān.
I will give you the bottle now.

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