بُوّاب — "doorman" in Egyptian Arabic
بُوّاب
buwwēb
doorman
- Topic
- around the house
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
بُوّاب 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.
علي، طالب جامعي عنده 22 سنة، واقف قدام مكتبة في خان الخليلي، مجتهد بس أحيانًا بينسى مواعيده. شاف عم حامد، البواب بتاع المحل اللي جنبه، وقال له: "صباح الخير يا عمو! إزيك عامل إيه؟"
Aly, taleb gamiey andu 22 sana, waqef oddam maktaba fi Khan el-Khalili, mugtahed bas ahianan biensa mawaidu. Shaf am Hamed, el-bawwab beta el-mahal elli ganbu, w qallu: "Sabah el-kheir ya ammo! Izzayak amel eh?"
Aly, a 22-year-old university student, stood in front of a bookstore in Khan el-Khalili, diligent but sometimes forgetting his appointments. He saw Uncle Hamed, the doorman of the shop next to it, and said to him: "Good morning, Uncle! How are you doing?"
نزلت تشوف البواب عم سعيد موجود.
Nezelet teshof el bawab amm Saeed mawgood.
She went down to see if the doorman Uncle Saeed was present.
بواب العمارة بتاعتهم، عم حسين، ممكن يساعدها؟
Bawwab el-'emara beta'et-hom, 'amm Hussein, momken yesa'ed-ha?
Their building's doorman, Uncle Hussein, could he help her?
منى فاكرة انها لازم تسلم على البواب.
Mona fakra innaha lazim tisallim ala el-bawwab.
Mona remembers she must greet the doorman.
رد البواب بهدوء وهو بيسقي الزرع: "وعليكم السلام يا بنتي، ربنا معاكي، بس بالراحة شوية."
Radd el-bawwab be-hodoo2 we howa bi-yes2i ez-zar3: "Wa 3alaykum as-salam ya benti, Rabbena ma3aki, bas bel-raḥa shwayya."
The doorman replied calmly while watering the plants: "And upon you be peace, my daughter, may God be with you, but take it easy a bit."
from Mona's Journey in Khan el-Khalili: A Morning Full of Greetings
في طريقها لمخرج السوق المزدحم، قابلت منى بواب عمارة كان بيشرب شاي على ناصية الشارع، وسألته: صباح الخير، شفت مروة؟
Fi tari'ha le-makhreg el-sou' el-mozda7em, 'ablet Mona bawab 3emara kan biyeshrab shay 3ala nasyet el-share3, w sa'aleto: Sabah el-kheir, shoft Marwa?
On her way to the crowded market exit, Mona met a building doorman who was drinking tea at the street corner, and asked him: "Good morning, did you see Marwa?"