بنات — "girl or daughters" in Egyptian Arabic
بنات
banaat
girl or daughters
- Franco / chat
- banat
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
- Seen in
- 3 of our stories
بنات 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 بنات العيلة بيساعدوا
Kol banat el-3eila beyza3doo.
All the girls in the family are helping.
from Sarah's Wedding
بعد الحصة قابلوا المدرسة وقالت اهلا وسهلا يا بنات
Ba'd el-hessa abelo el-modarresa w alet ahlan wa sahlan ya banat.
After class, they met the teacher, and she said "Welcome, girls."
from A Day at School
بياع الفُل، اللي كان شايل حلة كبيرة، ابتسم وقال بصوت عالي: صباح الخير يا ست البنات! تحبي تاكلي فُل سخن؟
Bayya3 el-ful, elly kan shayel 7ella kebira, ebtesem w 'al be-sout 3ali: "Sabah el-kheir ya sett el-banat! Te7ebbi takli ful sokhn?"
The ful vendor, who was carrying a large pot, smiled and said loudly: "Good morning, lady of all girls! Would you like to eat hot ful?"