عين

arz-noun

عين • (ʕīn) f (dual عينين (ʕinēn), plural عيون (ʕuyūn))

ʕīn (romanization)
عينين (dual)
عيون (plural)


جامع

جامع • (gāmiʕ) m (plural جوامع (gawāmiʕ))


جمجمة

جمجمة • (gumgúma) f (plural جماجم (gamā́gim))


شفة

شفة • (šiffa) f (plural شفايف (šafāyif))

From Arabic شَفة (šafa) with gemination of the -f- in order to create a standard triconsonantal root.


مكتبة

مكتبة • (maktaba) f (plural مكتبات (maktabāt))


بيرة

From Italian birra but also possibly from Greek μπίρα (bíra) or Ottoman Turkish bira.

ياما حلا البيرة فى عز الحار

How nice it is to have beer when it is really hot.


فلوس

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فلوس • (filūs)

معنديش عربيّة علشان مفيش فلوس كفاية

I don't have a car because there's not enough money .

maʕindīš ʕarabiyya ʕalašān mafīš filūs kifāya


أسد

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أسد • (ʔasad) m (plural أسود (ʔusūd) or أسدة (ʔusúda))

ʔasad (romanization)
أسود (plural)
أسدة (plural)


ايد

ايد • (īd) f (dual إِيدِين (idēn), plural أيادي (ayādi))

īd (romanization)
إِيدِين (dual)
أيادي (plural)

From general dialectal Arabic اِيد (īd), variant of classical يَد (yad).


بق

بق • (buʔʔ) m

Uncertain. Behnstedt & Woidich derive it from Arabic بَقْبَقَ (baqbaqa, “gurgle”), but others connect it to Latin bucca (“mouth”).

حطّه في بقّك


راس

راس • (rās) f (plural رُوس (rūs) or رُؤُوس (ruʾūs))

rās (romanization)
رُوس (plural)
رُؤُوس (plural)

مايعرفش راسه من رجليه.

راس البر، راس الشيطان
rās il-barr, rās iš-šiṭā́n
Ras El-Bar, Ras El-Sheitan (a popular beach resort near Nuweiba).


بتاع

بتاع • (bitāʕ) m

From Arabic مَتَاع (matāʕ, “thing, possession”). The initial b- as well as the development of inflections may be due to a merger with the unrelated adjective تَبَع (tabaʕ, “belonging”), which is used as a similar possessive marker in bordering Levantine Arabic; however, they may also have developed independently.

inh

أحمد هات البتاع!

thing whose name is unknown or cannot be remembered by the speaker; thingy


عصير

arz-noun

عصير • (ʿaṣīr) m

عصير برتقان


طبق

طبق • (ṭabaʔ) m (plural أطباق (ʔṭbāʔ), paucal تطباق (tiṭbāʔ))

ṭabaʔ (romanization)
أطباق (plural)
تطباق (paucal)


جامعة

جامعة • (gamʕa) f (plural جامعات (gamʕāt))

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic جَامِعَة (jāmiʕa).


ودن

الحيطان ليها ودان

حلمة الودن


مطبخ

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مطبخ • (maṭbaḵ) m (plural مطابخ (maṭābiḵ))

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→ Greek: μάτμπαχ (mátmpach) (Egyptiot Dialect)


بدرون

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بدرون • (badrū́n, badráwn) m (plural بَدْرُونَات (badrunā́t))

badrū́n (romanization)
badráwn (romanization)
بَدْرُونَات (plural)

Alternative form of بدروم (badrū́m, “basement”)


وش

Assimilated form of Arabic وَجْه (wajh) based on a palatalized pronunciation of the -j- ([ɟ], [ʝ], [dʒ], [ʒ]), which is uncommon in northern Egypt. This word has traditionally been explained by positing that such a pronunciation was more prevalent in the past, but the evidence for this assumption has recently been subject to doubt. Alternatively, this word may be a loan from Saʽidi Arabic or from Levantine Arabic (cf. North Levantine Arabic وش (wišš), وج (wijj)).


نبيت

نبيت • (nibī́t) m

هى عايزة كاس نبيت أحمر


مخ

مخ • (muḵḵ) m (plural أَمْخَاخ (amḵā́ḵ))


حديد

حديد • (ḥadīd) m


مطعم

مطعم • (maṭʕam) m (plural مطاعم (maṭāʕim))


بانجو

From Portuguese pango (“cannabis”), possibly influenced by Swahili bangi, ultimately from Hindi भाँग (bhāṅg). Doublet of بنج (bing, “anesthetic”), from Persian بنگ (bang, “henbane; hemp”).

دى لو كانت ضاربة بانجو عالصبح مكانتش عينيها هتبقى حمرا كده

Even if she had smoked weed this morning her eyes wouldn't have been that red.

di law kānit ḍarba bango ʕa-ṣ-ṣubḥ ma kanitš ʕinēha hatibʔa ḥamra kida.


مناخير

مناخير • (manaḵī́r) f


راجل

راجل • (rā́gil) m (plural رجالة (riggā́la))

From Arabic رَاجِل (rājil, “walker, pedestrian, footman”).

inh

لو بتحبها بجد خليك راجلها.

law bitḥibb-áha bi-gádd xallī́k ragíl-ha.

(uncommon) a woman's man, a husband (especially one who is deemed manly)


امبو

arz-noun

امبو • (ʔumbū) m

A widespread baby word; compare Omani Arabic مبوه (mbūh).

(childish) water (children's language: any drink, but especially water)


لبان

libān (romanization)
لبانة (feminine singulative)


كباية

كبّاية • (kubbāya) f (plural كبّايات (kubbāyāt))

كبّاية (canonical)
kubbāya (romanization)
كبّايات (plural)


ميتم

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مَيْتَم • (maytam) m (plural مَيَتِم (mayātim))

مَيْتَم (canonical)
maytam (romanization)
مَيَتِم (plural)


كاوتش

kawetš (romanization)
كاوتشة (feminine singulative)
كاوتشات (paucal)

Borrowed from Italian caucciù (“caoutchouc”).

(countable) a piece of rubber; a rubber covering, a tire


بدروم

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بدروم • (badrū́m) m (plural بدرومات (badrumā́t))

From Ottoman Turkish پودروم (bodrum, podrum).


قورة

A form limited to Egypt and immediately adjoining regions, perhaps originally with the meaning "broken earthen bottle", as attested in Kharga as gōṛa.


ڤاچاينا

ڤاچاينا • (vāžāyna) f (plural ڤاچاينات (vāžāynāt))

vāžāyna (romanization)
ڤاچاينات (plural)


برداق

برداق • (bardāq) m (plural براديق (barādīq))

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بارداق (bardak).


كوهرجلة

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوهرچله (güherçele).