Egyptian

In Egyptian Arabic you welcome a man with أهلا بيك (ahlan bīk) and a woman with أهلا بيكي (ahlan bīki).

In Egyptian Arabic, Anubis is written أنوبيس (anubis). The name comes from the Greek form of the ancient Egyptian god’s name.

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘love’ is حب (hobb).

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘good evening’ is مساء الخير (masa el-kheir). The standard reply is مساء النور (masa en-nour), ‘evening of light’.

To ask “how was your day” in Egyptian Arabic you can say يومك كان عامل إيه؟ (yōmak kān ʿāmel ēh?). Another common way is إزاي كان يومك؟ (izzāy kān yōmak?).

In Egyptian Arabic “shoes” is جزمة (gazma), and the plural is جزم (gizam). The letter ج is pronounced as a hard “g” in Cairo.

The neutral and medical Arabic word for “testicles” is خصيتين (khuṣyatēn), literally “two testicles”. One is خصية (khuṣya).

In Egyptian Arabic, Cairo is القاهرة (el-Qahira). In daily speech Egyptians often just say مصر (Masr), which is also the name of the whole country.

In Egyptian Arabic a monkey is قرد (ʾerd). A female monkey is قردة (ʾerda) and the plural is قرود (ʾurūd).

In Egyptian Arabic queen is ملكة (malika). It is the feminine of ملك (malik), “king”.