Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

miswak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: mis-wak
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chewstick used particularly by Muslims for cleaning the teeth, made from twigs of trees of species Salvadora persica.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِسْوَاك (miswāk), derived from Persian سواک (sevâk, “a teeth cleaning twig made from the arak tree”), originated from pre-Islamic Persia.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: مِسْوَاك

Inflected Forms

miswaks (plural) miswaak (alternative)

Questions

What does miswak mean?: A chewstick used particularly by Muslims for cleaning the teeth, made from twigs of trees of species Salvadora persica.
Where does miswak come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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