Egyptian

In Egyptian Arabic, “blue” is أزرق (azra’) for masculine nouns and زرقا (zar’a) for feminine nouns. Light blue is سماوي (samawi).

In Egyptian Arabic, “gluten free” is خالي من الجلوتين (khali min el-glutin).

In Egyptian Arabic people say الله يرحمه (Allāh yirḥamu), “may God have mercy on him”, about a man who has died.

In Egyptian Arabic a pyramid is هرم (haram). The plural is أهرامات (ahrāmāt) or أهرام (ahrām).

In Egyptian Arabic, children call their father بابا (baba). A more affectionate and modern form is بابي (babi).

In Egyptian Arabic, “crazy” is مجنون (magnun) for a man and مجنونة (magnuna) for a woman.

In Egyptian Arabic hunter is صياد (ṣayyād). Context matters, because صياد is also the usual word for a fisherman.

In Egyptian Arabic, “change” as small money is فكة (fakka). “Change” in the sense of a difference is تغيير (taghyir).

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘no’ is لأ (la2). لأ is the everyday spoken word, written with a final hamza to show the sharp glottal stop at the end.

In Egyptian Arabic, Christmas is عيد الميلاد (eid el-milad), literally “the feast of the birth”. In casual talk many people also say كريسماس (krismas).