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faakiha fruit tshoop sooy chop suey
falaafel vegetarian wajba khafeefa snack
burger made zaatar thyme
with chickpeas zangabeel ginger powder
fee al forn roasted zobod butter
fulful white pepper
fulful aswad black pepper Numbers
gabgab steamed crab 1 waa’hid
guhwa bitter Arabic 2 etneen
coffee 3 thalaatha
haleeb milk 4 arba’aa
halwa Turkish delight 5 khamsa
with cardamom 6 sit-ta
ham-moor local fish that 7 saba’a
tastes like 8 thamaaneya
snapper 9 tes’aa
ham-moor magli deep-fried 10 ‘ashra
hammoor 11 ‘hedaash
harees gruel cooked in 12 etnaash
beef stock 13 talat-taash
heel cardamom 14 arba’-taash
holo sweet 15 khamastaash
kabaab kebab 16 sit-taash
kabsa dish of rice, 17 saba’ataash
meat/chicken, 18 tamantaash
dried lemon 19 tesa’ataash
and saffron 20 eshreen
kabsat dajaaj dish of rice, 21 waa’hid wa
chicken, dry eshreen
lemon and 30 thalatheen
saffron 40 arbe’een
kabsat lahem dish of rice, meat, 50 khamseen
dry lemon and 60 sit-teen
saffron 70 sab’een
kereem cream 80 thamaneen
khal vinegar made 90 tes’een
from molasses 100 me-aa
khamr wine 1000 alf
khoboz bread
khoboz jabaab large spiced Time
pancakes with Today el yoom
cardamom yesterday el bariha
khoboz shaami pita bread tomorrow baaker
khoboz tost toast morning sabaa’h
kofta grilled meatballs afternoon zaheera
koozi lamb evening masaa
koskos plain couscous night lail
maglee fried now al ‘heen
malh salt tonight el laila
marag spiced meat/ minute dageega
chicken stock hour sa’aa
marag dajaaj chicken stock week osboo’a
marag lahem beef stock month shahr
mashroob ghaazi soft drink year ‘aam
mashwi grilled
mashwi ala el fa`hm barbecued over Days of the Week
coal Monday al ethneen
masloog boiled Tuesday al thulathaa
mohal-li senaa-ee sweetener Wednesday al arbe’a
moham-mas toasted Thursday al khamees
nabeez wine Friday al jomo’aa
neskafee coffee Saturday al sabet
orz rice Sunday al a’had
orz bil zafaraan rice with saffron
robyaan large grilled Months
shrimp January yanaayer
shai tea February febraayer
shawirma doner kebab March maaris
suk-kar sugar April abreel
sulsa tomato purée May maayo
cooked in stock June yonyo
tahye motawas-sit medium July yolyo
tshaaw meen dajaaj chicken August agostos
chowmein September sebtamber
tshaaw meen lahem beef chowmein October oktoobar
tshaaw meen samak seafood November noovambir
chowmein December deesambir
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