Egyptian Arabic Weather and Nature — 29 Words

29 Egyptian Arabic words for weather and nature, 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
الْوَرْد
el wardel wardthe flowers
قَمَر
amaramarmoon
الْفُل
el folel foljasmine
الْجَوّ
el gawel gawthe weather
القَمَر
el amarel amarthe moon
وَالْيَاسْمِين
wel yasminwel yasminand jasmine
جَوّ
gawgawatmosphere
البَحْر
el ba7rel bahrthe sea
الْأَرْض
el ardel ardthe earth
وَرْد
wardwardflowers
اَلشَّمْس
el shamsel shamsthe sun
اَلنَّار
el narel narthe fire
الشِّتَا
el shetael shetawinter
نَار
narnarFire
بَحْر
ba7rbahrSea
اَلسَّمَاء
el samael samaaThe sky
بَرْد
bardbardCold
فُلّ
follfolljasmine
اَلشِّتَاء
el shetael shetaThe winter
شَمْس
shamsshamssun
كَوْكَب
kawkabkawkabPlanet
اَلْهِلَال
el helalel helalthe crescent
الْحَرّ
el 7arel harthe heat
أَرْض
ardardland
بَدْر
badrbadrfull moon
اَلنِّيل
el neelel neelthe Nile
المَطَر
el matarel matarrain
يَا قَمَر
ya amarya amaroh moon
اَلْهَوَا
el hawael hawathe air

Weather and Nature 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.

القط بتاعك بياكل الورد بتاعي كل يوم

El ott beta'ek byakl el ward beta'y kol youm!

Your cat eats my flowers every day!

showing الْوَرْد — the flowers

الجو كان جميل أوي الصبح في حتتنا.

El gaw kan gameel awi el sobh fi 7atetna.

The weather was very beautiful this morning in our neighborhood.

showing الْجَوّ — the weather

أحمد قال لصاحبه علي: الجو هنا جميل أوي النهاردة.

Ahmed al le sahbo Ali: El gaw hena gamil awi ennaharda.

Ahmed said to his friend Ali: The atmosphere here is very beautiful today.

showing جَوّ — atmosphere

عمر بيحب البحر وهو فرحان قوي

Omar beyheb el baher wa howa farhan awy

Omar loves the sea and he is very happy.

showing البَحْر — the sea

راحوا يشوفوا قاعة واسعة فيها ورد كتير والوان مبهجة

Raḥu yeshufu qa'a was'a fiha ward kitiir w alwan mubhega

They went to see a spacious hall with many flowers and cheerful colors.

showing وَرْد — flowers

Practice Weather and Nature

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