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ana aayiz/aīza ...

I don’t want any ... ana mish wash (verb) ghasal
can you wash these? (to
aayiz/aīza aī ... man/woman) momkin teghsil/
teghsillee dōl?

English ➜ Arabic
I want to go home ana washhand basin hōd
aayiz/aīza arowah
washing (clothes) ghaseel
I don’t want to ana mish
aayiz/aīza washing machine ghassāla

he wants to ... howa aayiz ... washing powder mas-hoo’
ghaseel
what do you want? (to man/
woman) aayiz/aīza ay? washing-up: do the
washing-up yeghsil
war harb elmowaaeen

ward (in hospital) aambbar washing-up liquid sā’il leghasl
elmowaaeen
warm dāfee
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wasp dabboor
was* : he was howa kān
watch (wristwatch) sāaa
she was hayya kānit
will you watch my things for
it was kān/kānit ... (m/f) me? (to man) momkin
tākhod bālak min

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