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طاهِي
cook /ˈtˤaː.hiː/
nounB2#4311 most common
Also: chef, one who cooks
Example sentences
أبي طاهٍ.
My father is a cook.
الطاهي يطبخ الطعام في المطعم.
The chef cooks food in the restaurant.
تعلمتُ الطبخ من طاهٍ مشهور في دبي.
I learned cooking from a famous chef in Dubai.
يحرص الطاهي على اختيار أفضل المكونات الطازجة لكل طبق.
The chef insists on choosing the best fresh ingredients for every dish.
أصبحت المطاعم تتنافس على استقطاب طهاة عالميين لرفع مستوى قوائم طعامها.
Restaurants have started competing to attract international chefs to raise the standard of their menus.
على الرغم من شهرته الواسعة، ظل الطاهي متمسكاً بوصفات جدته التقليدية رافضاً أي مساس بأصالتها.
Despite his wide fame, the chef stayed committed to his grandmother's traditional recipes, refusing any compromise to their authenticity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طاهٍ | طُهاة |
| Genitive | طاهٍ | طُهاة |
| Accusative | طاهِيًا | طُهاة |
| Vocative | يا طاهِي | يا طُهاة |
Word family
طَهْيcooking, the act of cooking
طاهِيةfemale cook or chef
طُهاةcooks, chefs (plural)
يَطهُوhe cooks
Etymology
طاهِي is the active participle of the verb طَها/طَهَى, from the Semitic root ط-ه-و (ṭ-h-w), meaning to cook or bake. The participle pattern فاعل turns the verbal idea of cooking into an agent noun, someone who cooks. This is a native Arabic formation, not a borrowing.
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