شاطر — "clever" in Egyptian Arabic
شاطر
šaaTir
clever
- Topic
- emotions and personality traits
- Seen in
- 4 of our stories
شاطر in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
كل حاجة حواليه كانت بتفتح باب لسؤال جديد في دماغ الولد الشاطر ده
Kol haga hawalieh kanet betfatah bab le so2al gedeed fe demagh el-walad el-shater dah.
Everything around him was opening a door to a new question in the mind of this clever boy.
سيف طفل شاطر بس بيسأل كتير قوي كل يوم
Seif tifl shater bas biyes'al keteer awi kol yom
Seif is a clever child but he asks a lot of questions every day.
بابا سعيد وبيقول علي شاطر
Baba sa'eed wa biy'ool Ali shater
Papa is happy and says Ali is clever.
from Ali Asks a Lot
شربت الشاي وحسيت اني شاطر اوي وعايز اجري
Sheribt el shay w hassayt enni shater awi w 'ayez agry
I drank the tea and felt very clever and wanted to run
from A Visit to My Aunt