مِخلِّل — "pickled vegetables" in Egyptian Arabic

مِخلِّل

mixállil

pickled vegetables

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food and drink
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مِخلِّل 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.

يبقى كده اتفقنا نجهز الشنط وناخد معانا المخلل بتاعنا

Yeb2a kedah ettafa2na, negahez el shonat w nakhod ma3ana el mekhalil beta3na.

So it's agreed, we'll prepare the bags and take our snacks and our pickles with us.

from The Weekend Trip

قالي انه هيجيب المخلل بتاعنا معاه وانا قولتله عظيم

2ali enno haygeeb el-mekhalil beta3na ma3ah w ana 2oltelo 3azeem

He told me he would bring our special pickles with him, and I told him, "Great!"

from A Sweet Phone Call

ماما عملت كيكة كبيرة وشوية مخلل جنب الأكل

Mama 3amalet keeka kebeera we shwayyet mekhalil ganb el akl

Mom made a big cake and some pickles next to the food.

from Grandma's Birthday

أهلاً يا منى! الكشري بتاعنا والمخلل هتعجبك بيها.

Ahlan ya Mona! El-koshary beta'na w el-mekhallil hat'agebek beeha.

Welcome, Mona! Our koshary and pickles, you will like them with it.

from Greetings in Khan el-Khalili

قالتلي خليهم ياكلوا المخلل اللي عملته هتعجبك طعمه

2aletly khaleehom yaklo elmekhalil elli 3amalto hat3agebek ta3mo

She told me, 'Let them eat the pickles I made, you will like its taste.'

from A Busy Egyptian Morning

بس احنا اصررنا ان اهم حاجة يبقى في مخلل كتير مع كل طبق بتاعنا

Bas ehna asrarna en aham haga yeb2a fe mekhalil keteer ma3 kol taba2 beta3na.

But we insisted that the most important thing is to have a lot of pickles with every dish of ours.

from The Wedding Party and the Pickles

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