“Plate”, “Plates” in Egyptian Arabic

In Egyptian Arabic, “Plate” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Taba2

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

طبق (m)

In Egyptian Arabic, “Plates” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Atba2

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

اطباق

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
Can I get an extra small plate?

Momkn a5od tab2 so8ayar zeyadah?

ممكن اخد طبق صغير زيادة؟

 
That plate is white.

El tab2 abyad.

.الطبق ابيض

 
That plate is made of glass.

El taba2 dh m3mol mn 2zaz.

.الطبق ده معمول من ازاز

 
I’ll clean the plates after dinner.

Ana ha8cl el atba2 b3d el 3a4a.

.انا هغسل الاطباق بعد العشا

 
Can you pass me the plates?

Momkn tnawlny el atba2?

ممكن تناولني الاطباق؟

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Plate”, “Plates” in Lebanese Arabic

“Plate”, “Plates” in Tunisian Arabic

“Plate”, “Plates” in Turkish
 

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