ضحك

العربية

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ضحك¹

  • /dˤa.ħik/
  • /dˤiħk/
  • /dˤaħk/

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Compare Hebrew צָחַק (ṣāḥaq, “to laugh”).

noun ضَحِك · ضِحْك · ضَحْك · ḍaḥik · ḍiḥk · ḍaḥk

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of ضَحِكَ (ḍaḥika) (form I)
  2. laughter

ضحك²

  • /dˤa.ħi.ka/

verb ضَحِكَ · ḍaḥika · يَضْحَكُ · ضَحِك · ضِحْك · ضَحْك

  1. to laugh الطِّفْلُ يَضْحَكُ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ عِنْدَمَا يَلْعَبُ مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِهِ
  2. to jeer, to scoff

ضحك³

  • /dˤaħ.ħa.ka/

verb ضَحَّكَ · ḍaḥḥaka · يُضَحِّكُ · تَضْحِيك · مُضَحِّك

  1. to make (someone) laugh

In English

  • laugh show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sound
  • laughter sound (as) of laughing

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"ضحك." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B6%D8%AD%D9%83. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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ضحك. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B6%D8%AD%D9%83

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"ضحك." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B6%D8%AD%D9%83.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ضحك},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B6%D8%AD%D9%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-ضحك.ogg.