How to Say “Storm” in Egyptian Arabic
In Egyptian Arabic “storm” is عاصفة (ʿāṣifa). On the north coast and in Alexandria people also speak of نوة (nawwa), a winter storm.
About Egyptian Arabic
Most guides in this category give Egyptian Arabic, the everyday spoken Arabic of Egypt, with about 65 million native speakers. Thanks to Egyptian films, music and television it is the most widely understood Arabic dialect across the Arab world. It differs from Modern Standard Arabic, which Egyptians use for writing and formal speech. A few guides are about the ancient Egyptian language of the hieroglyphs, which is a different and long extinct language. See also Arabic.
Egyptian Arabic is mostly spoken rather than written, and the guides give it in Arabic script and in Latin letters. Two sounds mark it out: the letter jīm is a hard g, so "camel" is gamal, and the letter qāf is often a short catch in the throat. The word for "you" changes with the person you speak to: enta to a man and enti to a woman.
| Language | Arabic, Egyptian variety |
|---|---|
| Family | Afroasiatic, Semitic |
| Native speakers | about 65 million (2019) |
| Where spoken | Egypt |
| Script | Arabic script, informally Latin letters |
| Code | arz (ISO 639-3) |
Speaker number: Ethnologue (2019), via Wikidata. Retrieved 26 September 2026.
How to Say “Cow” in Egyptian Arabic
In Egyptian Arabic, a cow is بقرة (ba’ara). The plural is بقر (ba’ar).
How to Say “Sky” in Egyptian Arabic
In Egyptian Arabic “sky” is سما (sama). With the article it is السما (es-sama).
How to Say “Grandma” in Egyptian Arabic
In Egyptian Arabic, the everyday word for ‘grandma’ is تيتة (teta). جدة (gidda) is the more formal, written word.
How to Say “Black” in Egyptian Arabic
In Egyptian Arabic, “black” is أسود (eswid) for masculine nouns and سودا (sooda) for feminine nouns.
How to Say “Trash” in Egyptian Arabic
In Egyptian Arabic “trash” is زبالة (zibāla). With the article it is الزبالة (ez-zibāla).
How to Say “Doctor” in Egyptian Arabic
In Egyptian Arabic, “doctor” is دكتور (doktor) for a man and دكتورة (doktora) for a woman. The formal word is طبيب (tabib).
How to Say “Beauty” in Egyptian Arabic
In Egyptian Arabic, “beauty” is جمال (gamal). In casual speech Egyptians also use حلاوة (halawa), literally “sweetness”, for prettiness.
How to Say “Warrior” in Egyptian Arabic
The Arabic word for “warrior” that Egyptians use is محارب (muḥārib). A close word is مقاتل (muʾātil), “fighter”.