Page 213 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Egyptian Arabic

hostel
mesa evening
mashā leave
meseehee Christian
mashākil trouble meena harbour; port
mashbak ghaseel clothes peg mestaagil express (mail)
mash-hoor famous metarrab dusty Arabic ➜ English
mashroob non-alcoholic metala’ divorced
drink millawis polluted
mas-hoo’ ghaseel washing milowwin colour
powder, soap powder min than; of; from
masrah theatre min isbooa a week ago
masrahaya play (in theatre) min abl already
masr Egypt minayn: inta/inti minayn?
masree Egyptian where are you from? (to
masr el adeema Old Cairo man/woman)
masr el faraoonaya Ancient min fadlak excuse me
Egypt min ghayr without
mat-haf museum min ghayr kohol non-
matmannāsh I hope not alcoholic
matār airport mish not
mataam restaurant mish awee not so much
matbakh kitchen mish delwa’tee not just now
matlaa hill mish fāhim I don’t understand
maya hundred mish kwayis bad; poor; badly
ma’zana minaret mish lāzim it’s not necessary ABCDEFGHIJKLmī
maznoo’ stuck mish maa’ool ridiculous;
mazraaa farm surprising
mazzeeka music mish mo’addab rude
mazboot accurate mish modhish amazing,
mālik/malka owner (man/ surprising
woman) mistaagil urgent
māris March mitayn two hundred
mās diamond mitgowiz married
māt die mit’kh-khar late
māyo May mīya water
meaaddaya ferry mīya maadanaya mineral
meada stomach water
meaza goat mīya min elhanafaya tap
medān square (in town) water
meen? who? mīyit dead
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