"Dinner", "Dinners" in Egyptian Arabic

In Egyptian Arabic, "Dinner" (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) 3a4a

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عشا (m)

In Egyptian Arabic, "Dinners" (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

3a4awat

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عشاوات

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 

"What's for dinner?"

Al 3a4a eh?

العشا ايه؟

 

"What time is dinner tonight?"

Al 3a4a emta al naharda?

العشا امتي النهاردة؟

 

"Are you coming over for dinner?"

Enta gay 34an al 3a4a?

انت جاي عشان العشا؟

 

"I skip a lot of dinners because of work."

Ana la8et 3a4awat kteir bsbb al 4o8l.

.انا لغيت عشاوات كتير بسبب الشغل

 

"What did you have for dinner?"

Enta 3ndk eh lil3a4a?

انت عندك ايه للعشا؟

 

Related words in Egyptian Arabic

"Food" in Egyptian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

"Dinner", "Dinners" in Tunisian Arabic

"Dinner", "Dinners" in Turkish

"Dinner", "Dinners" in Greek

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