Egyptian Arabic School and Education — 43 Words

43 Egyptian Arabic words for school and education, ordered by how often they actually come up. Each one shows the Arabic with diacritics, how to say it, and the franco spelling used in text messages.

ArabicPronunciationFrancoEnglish
كِلْمَة
kelmakelmaword
اِمْتِحَان
emte7anemtehanexam
سُؤَال
so2alsoaalquestion
الإِمْتِحَان
el emte7anel emtehanthe exam
العَرَبِيَّة
el 3arabeyyael 'arabeyyaArabic
الكُلِّيَّة
el kolleyael kolleyathe college
التَّارِيخ
el tarikhel tarikhthe history
تَارِيخ
tareekhtareekhHistory
تَعَلَّم
ta3allamtaallamlearn
أُسْتَاذ
ostazostazProfessor
السُّؤَال
el soaalel soaalthe question
الْجَامِعَة
el gamaael gamaauniversity
كِتَاب
ketabketabBook
اِمْتِحَانَات
emte7anatemtehanatexams
َ
aaFatha (Arabic diacritic)
قَاعِدَة
a3daaadarule
اُكْتُب
oktoboktobwrite
الاِمْتِحَانَات
el emtehanatel emtehanatthe exams
طَالِب
talebtalebstudent
الْمَاجِسْتِير
el magisterel magistermaster's degree
أَفْهَم
afhamafhamUnderstand
جَامْعَة
gam3agamaaUniversity
أُذَاكِر
azakerazakerstudy
ثَانَوِي
thanawythanawysecondary
الْكِتَاب
el ketabel ketabThe book
هَنْدَسَة
handasahandasaengineering
كُلِّيَّة
kolleyakolleyacollege
التَّعْلِيم
el ta3leemel taalimEducation
دَرَجَة
daragadaragadegree
مُعَلِّم
mo3allemmoallemteacher
فِهِمْت
fehemtfehemtunderstood
النَّجَاح
el nagahel nagahsuccess
جَبْر
gabrgabralgebra
وَرَق
warawarapaper
التِّرْم
el termel termthe term
الدُّفْعَة
el dof3ael dafaathe batch
تِفْهَم
tefhamtefhamunderstand
دَرَجَات
daragatdaragatdegrees
جُمْلَة
gomlagomlasentence
مَادَّة
maddamaddasubject
الأَدَب
el adabel adabliterature
اِحْفَظ
e7fazehfazmemorize
النَّص
el nasel nasthe text

School and Education in a sentence

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كل كلمة قالتها أو سمعتها كانت جزء من يومها الطبيعي في القاهرة، بتضيف لجمال وتنوع الحياة اليومية هناك.

Kol kelma 2aletha aw seme3etha kanet goz' men yomha el-ṭabi3i fi el-Qahira, betḍeef le-gamal we tanawwo3 el-ḥaya el-yawmeyya henāk.

Every word she said or heard was a part of her normal day in Cairo, adding to the beauty and diversity of daily life there.

showing كِلْمَة — word

دلوقتي احنا هنذاكر عشان الامتحان بكره

delwaety ehna hanezaker ashan el emtehan bokra

Now we will study for the exam tomorrow

showing اِمْتِحَان — exam

وكل مرة بتخلص اجابة بيقول شكرا وبيسأل سؤال جديد

W kol marra betkhallas igaba biyo'ul shukran w biyes'al so'al gideed

And every time an answer finishes, he says "Thank you" and asks a new question.

showing سُؤَال — question

دلوقتي احنا هنذاكر عشان الامتحان بكره

delwaety ehna hanezaker ashan el emtehan bokra

Now we will study for the exam tomorrow

showing الإِمْتِحَان — the exam

المشكلة دي ليها تاريخ طويل من سنين كتيرة.

El-moshkila di liha tarikh tawil min sinin ketira.

This problem has a long history from many years ago.

showing تَارِيخ — History

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