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plane tīyāra
                                       samaht/samahtee


                 by plane bet-tīyāra      yes, please īwa, low
                                       samaht/samahtee      English ➜ Arabic
               plant nabāt
                                       could you please ...?
               plasters blastar        momkin ... low samaht/
                                       samahtee?
               plastic blastik

               plastic bag shanta blastik    please don’t ma ... low
                                       samaht/samahtee
               plate taba’

               platform raseef        pleased: pleased to meet you
                                       tesharrafna
                 which platform is it for
                 Tahrir station? raseef    pleasure: my pleasure aī   ABCDEFGHIJKLPl
                 nimra kam lemidān et-  khidma
                 tahreer?
                                      plenty: plenty of ... keteer
                                       min ...
               play (verb) laaab
                                        there’s plenty of time fee
                 (noun: in theatre) masrahaya  wa’t keteer

               pleasant mofrih          that’s plenty, thanks da
                                       kifāya, shokran
               please (to man/woman) low

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