“Dirt” in Egyptian Arabic

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

(m) Torab

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 تراب (m)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
Brush the dirt off your shoes before entering the house.

(m) Nafad el torab mn gazmetak 2bl ma td5ol el bet.

(f) Nafady el torab mn gazmetek 2bl ma td5oly el bet.

  .نفض التراب من جزمتك قبل ما تدخل البيت (m)

 .نفض التراب من جزمتك قبل ما تدخلي البيت (f)

 
He planted flowers in the dirt.

Hwa zr3 ward fel torab.

.هو زرع ورد في التراب

 
She cleaned the dirt off her shoes.

Hya nadafet gzmtha mn el torab.

 .هي نضفت جزمتها من التراب

 
The kids played in the dirt.

El hyal l3bo fel torab.

.العيال لعبو في التراب

 
The dirt became muddy after the rain.

El torab b2a mtyn b3d el matar.

.التراب بقى مطين بعد المطر

 

Related words in Egyptian Arabic

“Ground” in Egyptian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Dirt” in Lebanese Arabic

“Dirt” in Tunisian Arabic

“Dirt” in Turkish
 

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