جار — "neighbor" in Egyptian Arabic

جار

gaar

neighbor

Topic
vocabulary from around the house
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جار 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.

الجار دخل البيت و رجع بسرعة

El gar dakhal el bet wa ragaa bsoraha

The neighbor entered the house and returned quickly.

from The Strange Neighbor

الصبح جار فتح باب بيته وريحة اكل سخن طلعت

El sobh gaar fataḥ baab beito w reeḥet akl sokhn tele3et.

In the morning, a neighbor opened his house door, and the smell of hot food came out.

from Neighbors in the Morning

ممكن نسأل الجار يساعدنا بكرة الصبح

Momken nes'al el-gar yesa'edna bokra el-sobh.

Maybe we can ask the neighbor to help us tomorrow morning.

from The Light Bulb Problem at Home

صباح الخير يا جار عامل ايه

Sabah el kheir ya gar a'amel eh

Good morning neighbor how are you

from Neighbors' Chat

الجارة ام احمد بتكلم الجار الجديد احمد

El-gara Om Ahmed betkallem el-gar el-gedid Ahmed.

The neighbor Um Ahmed is talking to the new neighbor Ahmed.

from Neighbors from Different Generations

صباح الخير يا جار

Sabah el-kheir ya gaar.

Good morning, neighbor.

from Neighbors Chatting

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