مكتب — "office; desk" in Egyptian Arabic
مكتب
maktab
office; desk
- Topic
- work and money
- Seen in
- 5 of our stories
مكتب 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.
انا بشرب قهوة في المكتب
ana bashrab ahwa fel maktab
I drink coffee in the office.
from A Day at Work
انا بشرب قهوة سخنة على المكتب
ana bashrab ahwa sokhna ala el maktab
I drink hot coffee at the desk
from A Day at Work
المكتب كبير وفيه ريحة قهوة حلوة
el maktab kebeer wa feeh reeha ahwa helwa
The office is big and has a nice smell of coffee.
from A Day at Work
صاحبة المكتب اللي قاعدة جنبي اسمها مدام فاطمة وهي اكبر مني بكتير
Ṣāḥibet elmaktab elli qa3da gambi esmaha Madame Fatma we heya akbar menni bikteer.
My desk companion sitting next to me is Madam Fatma, and she is much older than me.
وصلت منى للمكتب متأخرة خمس دقايق بس، بس معاها لمبة فريدة وقصة صباح مليان بتحيات الناس الطيبة.
Waṣalet Mona lel-maktab meta'akhra khams da2aye2 bas, bas ma3aha lamba farida we 2eṣṣet ṣabaḥ malyan be-taḥeyyat el-nas el-ṭayyeba.
Mona arrived at the office only five minutes late, but she had a unique lamp and a story of a morning filled with the greetings of kind people.
from Mona's Journey in Khan el-Khalili: A Morning Full of Greetings