Page 214 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Egyptian Arabic

mīyit shorb drinking water
mlāya sheet (for bed)
moreeh comfortable
mo’rif dreadful, revolting,
mo’addab polite moraeb horrible
mo’addam in advance disgusting
mo’assir impressive mo’rif aktar much worse
mobāshir direct morshid (sayāhee)/morshida
modariss/modarissa teacher (sayāhayya) tour guide
(man/woman) (man/woman)
modda period (of time) mosaada help
Arabic ➜ English
modeer/modeera manager mosallee funny, amusing
(man/woman) mosammim poisonous
modhish fantastic, incredible mosattah flat (adj)
modeef/modeefa steward; moseeqa music
stewardess moseeqa afrangee pop music
mofaddal favourite (Western)
mofeed useful moseeqa gharbaya pop
mofrih pleasant music (Egyptian)
moftāh key moseeqa seaeedee folk
moghray sexy music (in Upper Egypt)
mohim important moseeqa shaabaya folk
mokalma khārigaya long- music
distance call moseer exciting
mokhaddarāt drugs (narcotics) moshkila problem
mokhtalif different mostaaid ready
molā’im convenient mostaamal second-hand
mo’lim painful mosta’bal future
momil boring mostaheel impossible
momkin possible mostanad document
momkin ...? may I ...?; please mostashfa hospital
ABCDEFGHIJKLmī
could you ...?; is it OK to mosir: ana mosir I insist
...? motowassit medium,
momkin inta/inti ...? can you medium-sized
...? (to man/woman) motshakkir: la’ motshakkir no
momtāz excellent thanks
momtea enjoyable; interesting mow’af park; rail terminus
momyā mummy (in tomb) mow’af aarabayyāt car park,
monfasil separate; apart from parking lot
moolid fair mow’af otobees bus station
morakkaz strong (drink) mow’af taksayāt taxi rank
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