مروحة — "fan" in Egyptian Arabic

مروحة

marwaHa

fan

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مروحة 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.

الجو حر اوي النهاردة والمروحة بتاعتنا مكسورة

El gaww harr awi el naharda wel marwaha beta'tna maksoora.

The weather is very hot today and our fan is broken.

from The Fan and Onion Problem

والدي، أبو حسن، كان بيحاول يصلح المروحة القديمة في الصالة، وهو بيقول "الجو حر جدا دلوقتي يا جماعة!"

Walidi, Abu Hassan, kan bihayawel yessalah el-marwaha el-adeema fel-sala, we howa bi'ool "El-gaww harr geddan delwa'ti ya gama'a!"

My father, Abu Hassan, was trying to fix the old fan in the hall, saying, "The weather is very hot now, folks!"

from The Family Fan Problem

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