“Cook”, “Cooks” in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Cook” (the noun, as in the profession) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Tabakh

(f) Tabakha

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

تاباخ (m)

تاباخا (f)

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

Tabakhin

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

تاباخين

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’m training to be a cook.”

3ambetmaran lakoun tabakh.

.عمبتماران لاكون تاباخ

 
“My mother is a cook at a local restaurant.”

2eme tabakh bi mat3am balade.

.أمي تاباخ بي ماتعام بلدي

 
“He is a good cook.”

Huwe tabakh mnih.

.هو تاباخ منيح

 
“There are four cooks that work in the kitchen at any given time.”

Fi 2arb3a tabakhin yali byeshteghlo bel matbakh bi aya se3a.

.في أربعا تاباخين يلي بيشتغلو بلماتباخ بي أيا سيعا

 
“You are a good cook!”

(m) 2enta tabakh mnih!

(f) 2ente tabakha mniha!

!أنتا تاباخ منيح (m)

!أنتي تاباخا منيحا (f)