“Face”, “Faces” (body part) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Face” (the noun, as in the body part) is written using the Latin script as:

Wejj

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

وجّ

In Lebanese Arabic, “Faces” is written using the Latin script as:

Wujooh

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

وجوه

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 

“He has a happy face.”

Wejjo mabsout.

.وجّو مبسوط

 

“The childrens’ faces lit up at the thought of ice cream.”

Wujooh l wled dawwo 3a fekrit l bouza.

.وجوه الولاد ضوّو ع فكرة البوظة

 

“I’m going to wash my face.”

Ra7 ghassil wejje.

.رح غسّل وجّي

 

“I washed my face.”

Ghassalet wejje.

.غسّلت وجّي

 

Do you have a towel so that I can dry my face?”

3endak manshafe ta nashif wejje?

عندك منشفة تنشّف وجّي؟

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Face”, “Faces” (body part) in Tunisian Arabic

“Face”, “Faces” (body part) in Turkish
 

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