Egyptian Arabic Work and Money — 40 Words
40 Egyptian Arabic words for work and money, 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.
| Arabic | Pronunciation | Franco | English |
|---|---|---|---|
الوَكِيل | el wakeel | el wakeel | the agent |
شَرِكَة | sherka | sherka | company |
الشُّغْل | el shoghl | el shoghl | the work |
عَامِل | 3amel | amel | worker |
دُكْتُور | doktor | doktor | doctor |
شُغْل | shoghl | shoghl | work |
جِنِيه | geneh | geneh | pound |
فِلُوس | feloos | felos | money |
يَعْمَل | ye3mel | yaamel | he works |
غَالِي | ghaly | ghaly | expensive |
رَئِيس | raees | raees | president |
كَابْتِن | kabten | kabten | captain |
مُدَرِّب | modarreb | modarreb | coach |
الفِلُوس | el feloos | el feloos | the money |
الدُّكْتُور | el doktor | el doktor | the doctor |
شَغَّال | shaghaal | shaghaal | working |
حِسَاب | 7esab | hesab | account |
مَلَفّ | malaf | malaf | file |
إِعْلَان | e3lan | ealan | advertisement |
رِيَال | riyal | riyal | riyal |
رِزْق | rezk | rezk | Livelihood |
مَشْرُوع | mashroo3 | mashroo | Project |
الْعَمَل | el 3amal | el amal | the work |
يَارَيِّس | ya rayes | ya rayes | Boss |
الرِّيَال | el riyal | el riyal | the riyal |
وَزِير | wazir | wazir | Minister |
فَنَّان | fannan | fannan | artist |
عُمَّال | 3ommal | ommal | workers |
مَال | mal | mal | money |
إِشْتَغَل | eshtaghal | eshtaghal | work |
عُلَمَاء | 3olamaa2 | olamaa | scientists |
قِسْم | esm | esm | department |
مَطْلُوب | matloob | matloob | required |
مَجْهُود | maghood | maghood | effort |
دُولَار | dollar | dollar | dollar |
رَيِّس | rayes | rayes | boss |
مُدِير | modeer | modeer | manager |
خَصْم | khasm | khasm | discount |
عَرْض | 3ard | ard | offer |
كَاتِب | kateb | kateb | writer |
Work and Money 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.
بابايا بيشتغل في شركة كبيرة، وماما بتعمل لنا أكل حلو.
Babaya biyeshtaghal fee sherka kebira, we mama betamel lena akl helw.
My father works in a big company, and mom makes delicious food for us.
showing شَرِكَة — company
الحمد لله كويس وانت عامل ايه النهارده في الشغل
Elhamdullelah kwayes wenta amel eh ennaharda fel shoghl
Thank God I am good and you how are you doing today at work?
showing الشُّغْل — the work
هما ودوا كريم للدكتور بسرعة.
Homa waddaw Karim lel doktor be sor3a.
They took Karim to the doctor quickly.
showing دُكْتُور — doctor
الحمد لله كويس وانت عامل ايه النهارده في الشغل
Elhamdullelah kwayes wenta amel eh ennaharda fel shoghl
Thank God I am good and you how are you doing today at work?
showing شُغْل — work
قال الكيلو بعشرة جنيه
aal el kilo be ashra geneh
He said the kilo is ten pounds.
showing جِنِيه — pound
Practice Work and Money
8 questions, half of them spoken out loud. Free, no account needed.