مرشح — "candidate" in Egyptian Arabic

مرشح

muraššaH

candidate

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government and politics
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مرشح 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.

خالتي قالتلي ان في مرشح جديد للانتخابات الكل بيتكلم عنه

Khaltī qāletlī inn fī morashshaḥ gedīd lel-entikhābāt el-koll biyitkallem ʿannoh

My aunt told me there's a new candidate for the elections everyone is talking about

from A Visit to My Aunt

قالت لي صباح الخير يا استاذ عامل ايه سمعت ان في مرشح جديد جاي المنطقة

Qāletli "Sabāḥ el-khēr ya ostāz ʿāmel ēh? Semeʿt en fī morashshaḥ gedīd gāy el-minṭaqa."

She told me "Good morning, teacher, how are you? I heard there's a new candidate coming to the area."

from Neighbors' Chat About Elections

قالتلي ان فيه مرشح جديد عجبها اوي وانه ممكن يكسب بالتصويت

Qāletli en fīh morashshaḥ gedīd ʿagabha awi w'ennaho mumkin yeksab bet-taṣwīt.

She told me there's a new candidate she really likes and that he might win by voting.

from A Visit to My Aunt

بدأت احضر المكونات بعناية وكل مرشح من التوابل كان لازم يتوزن صح

Badaʾt aḥaḍḍar el-mokawwenat beʿenaya we koll morashshaḥ men et-tawabel kan lazim yetwazen saḥḥ.

I started preparing the ingredients carefully, and every candidate spice had to be weighed correctly.

from First Time Cooking

قررنا نعمل تصويت عشان نختار مرشح يصلحها

Qararnā naʿmal taṣwīt ʿashān nekhtār morashshaḥ yoṣleḥha.

We decided to hold a vote to choose a candidate to fix it.

from The Fridge Problem

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