Page 206 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Egyptian Arabic

ghroob esh-shams sunset
gid grandfather
hena taht down here
gidda grandmother hena ... here is/are ...
henāk there; over there
giddan very, extremely hidaya present, gift
gild skin; leather hidoo’! quiet!
gins sex homma they; them
ginsaya nationality howa he; him; it; air
gism body
gomaa: el gomaa Friday h
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gomrok custom
gonayna garden hab like; love
gonaynit el hīowanāt zoo habba habba gradually
gonilla skirt habl ghaseel clothes line
gooa hungry had somebody, someone
gornāl newspaper hadsa accident
gornālgee newsagent’s hadretak/hadretik you (formal:
gow dull (weather) to man/woman)
gowa inside ha’ee’ee real; true; genuine
gowabāt letters hafeed grandson
gowāb letter hafeeda granddaughter
gowla tour hafit elmarsa on the quayside
gowla mowwagaha guided hafla party (celebration)
tour haflit gowāz wedding
gowla sayāhaya sightseeing haga something
tour hagar stone, rock
goz’ part hagaz reserve, book
gōz husband; double; a pair hagm size
of; a couple of hagz reservation
hala’a circle
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h halawanee cake shop,
patisserie
habla (f) silly hama father-in-law
hansh hip hamāt mother-in-law
haram pyramid hammad develop
hayya she; her; it ham-mām bathroom
hādee quiet ham-māmāt toilets, rest room
hedaya gift ham-mām dākhil el ghorfa en-
hedoom clothes suite bathroom
hena here; over here ham-mām er-rigāl men’s
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