English → Arabic
cook in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- yaṭbukhū
- Arabizi
yatbukho- Type
- verb
- Root
- ط ب خ
How to use it
يَطْبُخُ is the present‑tense verb meaning “to prepare food by heating”. It is a regular verb on the pattern فَعَلَ. Use it with objects (food) and adverbs of manner.
Example sentences
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أُمِّي تَطْبُخُ العَشاءَ كلَّ يَوْمٍ.
ummī taṭbukh al-ʿashāʾa kulla yawmin.
My mother cooks dinner every day.
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يُحِبُّ أَحْمَدُ أَنْ يَطْبُخَ الطَّعامَ السَّريعَ.
yuḥibbu Aḥmad an yaṭbukh al-ṭaʿāma al-sarīʿa.
Ahmed likes to cook fast food.
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يَجِبُ أَنْ تَطْبُخَ اللَّحْمَ جَيِّدًا لِلتَّأْكُلِ السَّلامة.
yajibu an taṭbukh al-laḥma jayyidan lit-taʾkuli al-salāma.
You must cook the meat well for safe eating.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Cook Islands
بلغاريا
I am a cook.
انا طباخ.
Bob can cook.
بوب يعرف كيف يطبخ.
Woman cannot cook
المرأة لا يمكنها الطهي
Sami likes to cook.
سامي يحبّ الطّبخ.
Tom is a good cook.
توم طباخ جيد.
Please help me cook.
ساعدني في الطبخ.
You are a good cook.
أنت طباخ جيد
How did you cook this?
كيف طهيت هذا؟
This is how we cook rice.
هكذا نطهي الأرز
I'll tell you that I cook a lot also. I love to cook.
سأخبركم اني أطبخ كثيرا. أنا أحب الطبخ.
In Western cooking, steaming is most often used to cook vegetablesit is rarely used to cook meats.
في الطبخ الغربي، التبخير غالبا ما يستخدم لطهي الخضار—إلا أنها نادرا ما يستخدم لطهي اللحوم.
Questions and answers
What is the noun for “cook” (person)?
The noun is طَبَّاخ (ṭabbākh) for a male cook and طَبَّاخَة (ṭabbākhah) for a female.
Can يَطْبُخُ be used for boiling only?
No, it covers all cooking methods: frying, baking, grilling, etc.
Related words and expressions
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