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travel agent’s wikālit safar


                 traveller’s cheque sheek   trousers bantaloon
                                        true ha’ee’ee
                  sayāhee
                                          that’s not true da mish
                 tray sanaya             sah

              English ➜ Arabic
                 tree shagara           trunk (US: of car) shanta

                 trim: just a trim, please (to man/  try (verb) hāwil
                  woman) tahdeed bass, low
                  samaht/samahtee         can I try it? (food) momkin
                                         adoo’oo?

                 trip (excursion) rehla  try on garrab aala

                   I’d like to go on a trip to ...     can I try it on? momkin
                  (said by man/woman) ana aayiz/  agarrabo aalaya?
                  aīza atlaa rehla lee ...
                                        T-shirt fanilla nos kom

             ABCDEFGHIJKLTr
                 trolley ‘trolley’      Tuesday yōm et-talāt

                 trouble (noun) mashākil  Tunisia toonis

                   I’m having trouble with ...   tunnel nafa’
                  ana aandee mashākil
                  maaa ...              Turkey torkaya


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