Back to food, let’s get healthy and talk vegetables.

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“Vegetables” is خضراوات (khaḍrāwāt), which comes from the root خضر, “to be green.” A particular vegetable (especially if you’re growing it and are referring to it in the botanical sense) could also be called نَباتي (nabātī), from the root نبت, “to grow, sprout.”

• artichoke: خُرشوف (khurshūf)
• asparagus: هِليَون (hilyawn)
• avocado: أفوكادو (afūkādū)
• beets: بَنجَر (banjar, From Greek, I think? Where beetroot is “panjar,” apparently?)
• broccoli: بروكلي (brūkulī)
• cabbage (includes things like kale): كُرُنب (kurunb)
• carrot: جزر (jazar)
• cauliflower: قَرنَبيط (qarnabīṭ)
• celery: كَرَفس (karafs)
• chicory (includes things like endive and radicchio for you fancy salad types): هِندِباء (hindibāʾ)
• cucumber: خيار (khiyār)
• eggplant: باذَنجان (bādhanjān)
• garlic: ثوم (thūm)
• leeks: كَراث (karāth)
• lettuce: خَس (khass)
• mushroom: فُطر (fuṭr)
• okra: بامية (bāmīyah)
• onion: بَصَل (baṣal)
• parsnip: جزر أبيض (jazar abyaḍ, “white carrot”)
• peas: بازِلاء (bāzilāʾ)
• pepper (red, green): فِلفِل (filfil)
  • green pepper: فلفل أخضر (filfil akhḍar)
  • red pepper: فلفل أحمر (filfil aḥmar)
  • yellow pepper: فلفل أصفر (filfil aṣfar)
• potato: بَطاطا (baṭāṭā) or بَطاطَس (baṭāṭas)
• pumpkin: قَرعة (qarʿah)
• radish: فُجُل (fujl)
• spinach: سَبانِخ (sabānikh)
• squash: قَرعة (qarʿah) or possibly إسكواش (iskwāsh)
• string beans: فاصوليا (fāṣūliyā)
• sweet potato/yam (I know they’re different but as far as I know Arabic doesn’t distinguish): بَطاطا حَلوة (baṭāṭā ḥalwah)
• tomato: طَماطِم (ṭamāṭim)
• turnip: لِفت (lift; careful not to say “laft” because that could mean “admonition” or “warning”)
• zucchini: كوسة (kūsah)