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aarabayya
naharda
hawasalak lil bayt bil mafrood yewsal en-
driver (man/woman) sowā’/ English ➜ Arabic
sowā’a when is the train due? el atr
gī imta?
driving licence rokhsit sewā’a
dull (pain) mo’lim
drop: just a drop, please (of
drink: to man/woman) shwīya (boring) momil
soghīyareen, low samaht/
samahtee dummy (baby’s) bazzāza
during fee nafs elwa’t
drug dowa (m)
dust torāb
drugs (narcotics) mokhaddarāt
dusty metarrab ABCDEFGHIJKLDu
drunk (adj) sakrān
Dutch holāndee
dry (adj) nāshif
duty-free (goods) bedāaa
(wine) ‘dry’ horra
dry-cleaner tandeef aala en- duty-free shop mahal bedāaa
nāshif horra
due: he was due to arrive duvet lehāf
yesterday howa kan
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