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room, gents (toilet)
spicy; sharp (knife)
ham-mām khās private
bathroom hāmee strong (taste); hot,
hāmid sour
ham-mām shams sunbathe hāmil pregnant
ham-mām sibāha (swimming) hāra lane Arabic ➜ English
pool hāsib charge
ham-mām sibāha lel atfāl hāsib! look out!
children’s pool hātee kebab house
hanafaya tap; fountain (for hāwil try
drinking) hebbee friendly
hantoor horse-drawn buggy; hedood border
donkey-drawn cart hel’ān earrings
hara’ burn helm dream
harāmee/haramaya thief helw sweet, dessert; nice
(man/woman) hetta bit, piece
harāra heat hetta tania somewhere else
harb war hettit ... a bit/piece of ...
haree’a fire hidāshar eleven
hareer silk hizām belt; strap
harees careful hīawān animal
harrān hot hob love
haseerit blāj beach mat hōd bathtub; washhand basin;
hashara insect sink
hasheesh grass hogrit fondo’ hotel room ABCDEFGHIJKLib
hasal happen hogrit nōm bedroom
hatdallim it’s getting dark hogrit shī tearoom
hateshrab/hateshrabee ay? homār donkey
what’ll you have? (to man/ hosān horse
woman) howālee about,
hat put approximately
hayta wall howid turn
hazeen sad
haz luck i
haz saaeed! good luck!
hādis sir’a burglary ibn son
hādsa crash ibn akh nephew (brother’s son)
hāga thing ibn aamm cousin (on father’s
hāga tania something else side, uncle’s son)
hālan soon; immediately ibn aamma cousin (on father’s
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