Page 221 - The Rough Guide Phrasebook - Egyptian Arabic

taba’ plate; dish, bowl
tabakh cook
tabaan certainly, of course; w
definitely wa and
la’ tabaan certainly not; of wa’af stop Arabic ➜ English
course not wadee valley
tabeeaee natural wadee el mlook Valley of the
taboor queue Kings
taf-fa switch off wadee en-neel Nile Valley
tafīya ashtray wagaa hurt; pain; ache
talaa go up wagba meal
talab ask wag-ha front
tamaa greedy wagh eblee Upper Egypt
tar fly wag-hit el bahr seafront
tard package, parcel wahda (f) one
taree’ road; avenue; route wahda wahda gradually
tawāri’ emergency waheed alone
taweel long; tall wala ana nor do I
tayr bird wala haga none
tābea stamp wala wāhid/wahda nobody
tālib/tāliba student (male/ walad boy
female) walla otherwise
tāza fresh wallaa turn on, switch on
teaem nice wallāaa, wallāaet sagāyer ABCDEFGHIJKLwa
teen mud lighter
teez back part; bottom (of wana? and me?, what about
person) me?
tefl child wara behind
tekheen thick wara’ leaf; paper; banknote
tīyāra plane, airplane wara’ el bardee papyrus
tīyib OK wara’ ha’it mural
tool height; length wara’ tawalet toilet paper
tool ellayl overnight warda flower
tool el yōm all day warshit aarabayyāt garage (for
tor’a corridor repairs)
torab cemetery wasākha dirt
toro’ map wasal come; arrive, get in
towālee straightaway wasl receipt
wasla connection

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