Page 200 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Egyptian Arabic

aelbit sagāyer a pack of
Mediterranean
cigarettes
balad country, nation
aemil make el bahr el metowassit
aezooma invitation (for meal) baladee national
ainwān address bambee pink
aishreen twenty banafsigee purple
aīyān ill, sick bango marijuana
aīza: ana aīza I want (said by banseeyōn boarding house,
woman) guesthouse
Arabic ➜ English
aīza ay? what do you want? bantaloon trousers, pants
(to woman) banyo bath
aoboor cruise; crossing (by sea) banzeen petrol
ao’d necklace bar’ lightning
aolow height (mountain) baraka blessing
aomla coin bard cold (noun)
aomr life; age bardān cold (adj)
bareed mail
b bareed gowee airmail
bareed mosaggal by
ba’āl delicatessen; grocer’s registered mail
baaat send; post, mail barra outdoors; outside
baad after bartamān jar
baadak/baadik after you (to bas just, only
man/woman) ba’sheesh tip, gratuity; bribe;
baadayn afterwards, later alms
(on); then bas hena just here
baad bokra the day after bas keda nothing else
tomorrow batrōn pattern
baad ed-dohr afternoon batee’ slow
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bab door batn er-rigl sole (of foot)
baba dad battal da! stop it!
bada’ start, begin battanaya blanket
badal instead battaraya battery; torch,
badawee Bedouin flashlight
badree early bawwāba gate
bahebbo/bahebbaha I like it bayda egg
(m/f object) bayn among; between
bahr sea bayt house; home
el bahr elahmar Red Sea bayt shabāb youth hostel
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