حياة — "life" in Egyptian Arabic
حياة
Hayaah
life
- Franco / chat
- hayah
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
- Seen in
- 3 of our stories
حياة 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 كلمة قالتها أو سمعتها كانت جزء من يومها الطبيعي في القاهرة، بتضيف لجمال وتنوع الحياة اليومية هناك.
Kol kelma 2aletha aw seme3etha kanet goz' men yomha el-ṭabi3i fi el-Qahira, betḍeef le-gamal we tanawwo3 el-ḥaya el-yawmeyya henāk.
Every word she said or heard was a part of her normal day in Cairo, adding to the beauty and diversity of daily life there.
from Mona's Journey in Khan el-Khalili: A Morning Full of Greetings
السوق مكان جميل ومليان حياة وكل الناس بتعمل شوبينج مبسوطة
El soo' makaan gameel we malyaan hayaat we kol el naas beta'mel shopping mabsoota
The market is a beautiful place full of life, and everyone is happily doing their shopping.
جده كان فاهم زمان ان الحياة بسيطة
geddo kān fāhim zamān inn el-ḥayāh basīṭa
His grandfather understood in the past that life was simple.
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