Egyptian Arabic Body Parts — 52 Words

52 Egyptian Arabic words for body parts, 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
قَلْبِي
2alby2albymy heart
قَلْبَك
albakalbakyour heart
الْقَلْب
el albel albthe heart
قَلْب
albalbheart
بَالَك
balakbalakyour mind
اَلنُّوم
el noomel nomthe sleep
أَنَام
anamanamI sleep
عَيْنِي
3einyeenymy eyes
الْقُلُوب
el oloobel oloobthe hearts
بَالِي
balybalymy mind
دِمَاغِي
demaghidemaghimy brain
قُلُوبْنَا
oloobnaoloobnaour hearts
عَيْن
3eineineye
وِش
weshweshface
الْعَيْن
el 3einel einthe eye
دَم
damdamblood
قَلْبُه
alboalbohis heart
عُيُونِك
3oyoonakoyoonakyour eyes
وَجَع
waga3wagaPain
قُلُوب
olooboloobhearts
مَرِيض
maridmaridsick
النَّظَر
el nazarel nazarthe sight
دِمَاغَك
demaghakdemaghakyour brain
تَعَب
ta3abtaabtired
الْعَقْل
el aalel aalmind
الْقَدَم
el adamel adamfoot
عُيُون
3oyoonoyooneyes
عَيْنَك
3eynakeynekYour eye
رَاس
rasrashead
وِشَّك
weshakweshakyour face
وَجْهَك
waghakwaghakyour face
إِيدَك
idakidakYour hand
وِشِّي
weshyweshyMy face
عَقْلِي
3a2lyaalymy mind
مَرَض
maradmaraddisease
تِنَام
tenamtenamsleep
أَلَم
alamalampain
دِمَاغ
demaghdemaghbrain
الصِّحَّة
el se7ael sehahealth
نَظَر
nazarnazarsight
اَلدَّم
el damel damblood
رَاسِي
rasyrasymy head
صِحَّة
sehhasehhahealth
صُدَاع
sodaa3sodaaheadache
لِسَانَك
lesanaklesanakyour tongue
العُيُون
el 3oyoonel oyoonthe eyes
إِيدِي
eedyeedymy hand
يَاقَلْبِي
ya 2albyya albymy heart
عُيُونِي
3oyoonyoyoonymy eyes
يَشْفِيهَا
yeshfeehayeshfeehaheal her
عِنَيَّا
3enyaenyamy eyes
شَعْر
sha3rshaarhair

Body Parts in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on this site, so you see the word behaving normally rather than sitting on a flashcard.

أنا حسيت إن قلبي بيتنطط من السعادة في وسط الجو الجديد ده.

Ana hasset en alby beyetnattat men el saada fi wast el gaw el gedid da.

I felt that my heart was jumping from happiness in the middle of this new atmosphere.

showing قَلْبِي — my heart

بس هو متأخر وانا عايز انام

bas howa metaakhar we ana ayez anam

But he is late and I want to sleep.

showing أَنَام — I sleep

عمل الخير بيفرح الناس وبيقرب القلوب.

3amal el kheir beyefarra7 el nas we bey2arrab el 2oloob.

Doing good makes people happy and brings hearts closer.

showing الْقُلُوب — the hearts

قلوبنا كانت بتدق بسرعة في آخر دقايق من الماتش.

Oloobna kanet betde' be sor'a fi akher da'ayeq mel matsh.

Our hearts were beating fast in the last minutes of the match.

showing قُلُوبْنَا — our hearts

جدي استغرب من التيشيرت الفاقع بتاعي وقال ده بيوجع العين

gedi estaghrab men el teshert el faakea betaaee wa aal da beyewgaa el ayn

My grandfather was surprised by my bright tshirt and said it hurts the eye.

showing عَيْن — eye

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