موْز — "banana" in Egyptian Arabic

موْز

mōz [coll.]

banana

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food and drink
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موْز 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.

بعد كده انا اشتريت موز اصفر

Ba3d keda ana eshtarayt mooz asfar

After that, I bought yellow bananas.

from A Trip to the Market

ضحكت وقلت له شكرا باي واشتريت موز

Dehekt w oltiloh shukran bye, w eshtareet mawz.

I laughed and told him "Thank you, bye," and bought bananas.

from A Trip to the Market

الطماطم حلوة ورخيصة بس الموز غالي شوية

Et-tamatem helwa w rakheesa bas el-mawz ghaly shwaya.

The tomatoes are good and cheap, but the bananas are a bit expensive.

from A Trip to the Market

بس الموز غالي شوية

bas el moz ghali shwayya

But the bananas are a little expensive.

from A Trip to the Market

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